chapter 23 vocab Flashcards
communism
Is an economic and political system in which the government owns all business and controls the economy
Vladimir Lenin
the Bolshevik leader built support
Fascism
A political philosophy based on nationalism and strong goverment
Allies
great britin and france know as the allies
Allies
Great britin and france know as the Allies
Axis power
Germany Italy Japan joined forces to become the Axis power
Franklin Roosevelt
The united states joined the Allies for the next two and a half years battles
Holocaust
The Nazis effort to wipe out the Jewish people
genocide
the deliberate destruction of a people
Cold war
a period of tense rivalry between the superpowers but no direct fighting
Mao Zedong
Formed communist goverment in China
Mohandas Gandhi
led a growing independence movement in India he inspired thousands to join him in nonviolet protests against British
Ideologies
or systems or beliefs
Koren war
In 1950 Communist North Korea invaded non- commu
nist
Vietnam war
In 1957 the Communists began to overthrow the south