Chapter 23

Question 1

communism

Answer 1

economic and political system in which the government owns all businesses and controls the economy.

Question 2

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 2

the Bolshevik leader

Question 3

fascism

Answer 3

a political philosophy based on nationalism and strong government.

Question 4

the Allies

Answer 4

Great Britain and France

Question 5

Axis Powers

Answer 5

Germany, Italy, and Japan joined forces

Question 6

Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 6

On December 7,1941, Japan attacked the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Question 7

Holocaust

Answer 7

the Nazis effort to wipe out the Jewish people.

Question 8

genocide

Answer 8

the deliberate destruction of a people

Question 9

Cold War

Answer 9

a period of tense rivalry between the superpowers but not direct fighting.

Question 10

Mao Zedong

Answer 10

Communist government was established in 1949

Question 11

Mohandas Gandhi

Answer 11

in the 1920s and 1930s led a growing independence movement in India

Question 12

ideologies

Answer 12

system of belifs

Question 13

Korean War

Answer 13

In 1950 Communist North Korea invaded no-Communist South Korea

Question 14

Vietnam War

Answer 14

In 1957 the Communist began the to over throw the south

Question 15

Ronald Reagan

Answer 15

was expanding U.S. military forces and weapons.

Question 16

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 16

the Soviet leader saw the serious problems facing his country and Eastern Europe.

Question 17

terrorism

Answer 17

criminal activity involving the use of violence to create fear and to push for political change.

Question 18

defend

Answer 18

to keep secure from danger.