Section Six Vocab Flashcards
Marshall Plan
A program by which the United States gave large amounts of economic aid to Europe after World War II
Karl Marx
founder of Marxism, the fundamental theory of communism
master race
the expression used by the Nazis in Germany for the race they wanted to create-a pure race of white people suited to rule the world
Mata Hari
A spy of the twentieth century who worked for both the French and the Germans during World War II
Mein Kampf
A book written by Adolf Hitler; it outlines his plan for the revival of Germany from World War I
What does Adolf Hitler’s book blame all of Germany’s problems on?
Capitalists
Communists
And Jews
Moguls
A Moslem dynasty that ruled India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Mother Teresa
Roman Catholic nun who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979 for her humanitarian work
Munich Pact
An agreement between Britain and Germany in 1938; Germany was allowed to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia
Benito Missolini
An Italian dictator who formed a fascist government in Italy in the 1920s
Napoleon Bonaparte
Crowned himself emperor in 1804; he conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in an invasion of Russia. After his final loss to Britain at the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic
Nazis
A German political party led by Adolf Hitler
Admiral Horatio Nelson
He defeated the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in the sea battle of Trafalgar
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
a treaty made by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that opened the way for both nations to invade and dismember Poland
New World
a name for the Americas during the first exploration
Florence Nightingale
an English nurse who established a battlefield hospital for British soldiers; nickname was “Lady with the Lamp”
invasion of Normandy
the American and British Invasion of France in World War II; also called D-Day
Nuremberg trials
trials of Nazi leaders after World War II
October Revolution
the revolution in 1917 in Russia that brought the Bolsheviks to power (communist revolution)
Old World
the Eastern Hemisphere
Marie Antoinette
A French queen beheaded by the guillotine during the French Revolution
