1. VOCabulary List #7
Europe History Part II

2. World War I Key words: Great War 1914-1918
Triple Entente: France, Russia, UK Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Spark: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian
Trench Warfare
US entered in

3. Nationalism Key words: An underlying cause of WWI
Devotion to one’s country
Could lead to hostility

4. Alliances Key words: An underlying cause of WWI
Agreement between allies to defend each other
Partnership/Protection
Could lead to pulling other nations in to wars

5. Imperialism Key words: An underlying cause of WWI
Countries compete to extend empires
Seizing colonies/territories
Could cause bad relations

6. Militarism Key words: An underlying cause of WWI
Building of military power
Adding weapons/arms, tanks, troops, training
Warlike attitudes

7. Humiliate Key words: Embarrass
Reduce someone or something’s self worth
Germany was blamed for starting WWI and humiliated with punishment by the world.
Treaty of Versailles spelled out punishments.

8. Great Depression Key words: Worldwide economic slump
Started 1929, stock market crash in US, into late 1930s
Caused hardship around the world.
High unemployment, poverty

9. Slump Key words: A marked decline
Referring to world’s economic situation during Great Depression
Dollar bill lost it’s value, lower wages, unemployment from 3% to 25%

10. Communism
Key words:
Economic ($$) and political( ) system run by state
Communist party controls industry, farmland, business
Karl Marx founded
Society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

11. Fascism
Key words:
A political system stresses national strength and military might over individuals
Led by a dictator having complete power
Ex. Benito Mussolini in Italy

13. World War II
Key words:
The second major global conflict of the 1900’s.
Began with Germany under Hitler invading Poland
Ended with surrender of Germany and Japan
Fought predominantly in Europe and across the Pacific and eastern Asia
Axis Powers-- Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Japan
Allied Powers--Great Britain, France, China, the United States, and Soviet Union

14. Holocaust Key words: Mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazis, 1933-1945
Happened during WWII under Hitler
5 million people from other groups also died.
Persecution, execution, gas chambers, concentration camps

15. Cold War
Key words:
A long period of hostility between the Soviet Union and the democratic West, mainly USA.
Not fighting…War of ideas, thoughts, ways of life and governing
Very different beliefs and ideology – capitalism versus communism

16. Marshall Plan Key words:
A U.S. recovery plan for Europe, $13 billion given
Offered money to help European countries recover from the war and rebuild war-devastated regions.

17. Berlin Wall
Key words:
Wall built to divide East and West Berlin in Germany
Built by the East German government in 1961, to prevent people from fleeing to freedom in West Berlin
This wall came to symbolize Cold War divisions.
Wall was taken down in 1989

18. European Union Key words:
(EU)-created in 1992 as an economic and political partnership
Includes 28 European countries.
Founded in 1993, allowed easier trade, more citizen interaction on issues such as the environment and security, and easier travel through the different countries.

19. Transfer
Key words:
A carrying over of something from one situation to another.
Referring to the transfer of power for example from Communist regime to Democratic
Many countries, such as Russia, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria abolished Communist government in the late 1980s and after.

20. France n late 1700s
Difficult times in France= common people lived in poverty and misery because of extravagant spending by monarchs which put france in to debt.
Common people/Lower class people lived in poverty.

21. King Louis XVI and marie antoinette
French monarchs lived extravagant lives, lavish parties, spared no expense in their lifestyles, clothing, luxurious lives.
King Louis XVI and marie antoinette

22. The people grew tired of their treatment and organized a National assembly to gain equality and liberty. King Louis XVI opposed and tried to