Moder World History Vocabulary

A system of warfare in which the soldiers fight using techniques such as surprise, ambush, and disruption

• Trench warfare

• Guerrilla warfare

• combat

Prejudiced against Jews

• Socialism

• Appeasement

• Anti-semitism

Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread to help a cause, a political leader, or a government

• Appeasement

• position

• propaganda

A temporary end to hostilities between warring parties; a formal cease-fire agreement

• cease fire

• agreement

• armistice

A type of government/economy where the government controls all aspects of society. 
The government gives to people according to their needs– as the government sees fit. The government owns all the property

• communism

• socialism

• imperialism

A country that rules a number of territories

• kingdom

• empire

• tribe

Belief that a country should have a strong army and use it aggressively –threats of war

• socialism

• nationalism

• militarism

An association or agreement between countries to defend each other in case of attack

• appeasement

• alliance

• contract

The defeated alliance of nations in WWI:  Austria-Hungary, Germany (The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

• NATO

A form of government that eliminates private farms and puts land in the hands of the government

• nationalism

• imperialism

• socialism