CH 26 Vocab TERMS - WWII

A person who rules with complete power over a country is a....

• Supreme ruler
• Commander in chief
• Fascist
• Dictator

What are characteristics of totalitarianism?

• single leader with unlimited control
• government control of media
• ban of democratic ideas
• All of the above

A form of government where the government/leader has total control over the way citizens think and live.

• totalitarian

• fascism

• communism

• censorship

hostility or prejudice against Jewish people

• genocide
• exterminate
• anti-semitism
• refugee

reduction of armed forces and weapons of war   

• sabotage
• Disarmament 
• Bull Market

Why did France and Britain use appeasement to stop Hitler

• They wanted to avoid another World War
• Prevent a Nazi invasion of Russia
• To prevent the fall of the league of Nations
• Didn't want to anger Germans

In order to keep the peace, Britain (and other European countries) pursued this policy with Hitler. (It didn't work)

• atonement
• mediation
• appeasement
• nationalism

giving something to make peace

• appeasement
• Axis Powers
• Francisco Franco
• Anschluss

What does Blitzkrieg mean?

• explosion
• fire
• seize
• lightning war

What kind of new battle tactic does Germany use?

• U-boat bombardment 
• Machine gunners
• Sudetenland
• Blitzkrieg