Chapter 23

Question 1

communism

Answer 1

an 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

Britain and France are known as the allies

Question 5

Axis Powers

Answer 5

Germany, Italy, and Japan joined and became the Axis Powers.

Question 6

Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 6

the United States President when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

Question 7

Holocaust

Answer 7

the Nazis effort to wipe out all 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 no direct fighting

Question 10

Mao Zedong

Answer 10

formed a communist government in China

Question 11

Mohandas Gandhi

Answer 11

led independence movement in India

Question 12

ideologies

Answer 12

or systems of beliefs

Question 13

Korean War

Answer 13

the north and south Koreans fighting each other

Question 14

Vietnam War

Answer 14

when the communist began to overthrow the south

Question 15

Ronald Reagan

Answer 15

U.S. President when the Soviet economy was in trouble

Question 16

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 16

a Soviet leader

Question 17

terrorism

Answer 17

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

Question 18

defend

Answer 18

to protect