Spellings 12 Flashcards
Armistice
A truce, when both sides agree to stop fighting.
Capitalism
An economic system in which distribution of good depends on private money and making profit.
Conscription
A law that forces all men to join the armed forces.
Great depression
A long period of financial and industrial decline.
Fascism
A political belief or party with extreme right wing views.
Communism
A political belief or party who believe all private property should be state owned and people paid
equally.
Stock market
Where companies buy and sell stocks and shares.
Reparations
Compensation for war damage paid by the losing country.
Alliances
An agreement between two or more countries to support each other.
Blitzkrieg
A sudden, or “lightning” military strike to gain a quick military victory.
Propaganda
Publicity specially selected to put forward one point of view, usually political.
Abdicate
Stand down from power.
Satellite state
A nation that once was independent but that is now under the control of another.
Genocide
The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the
aim of destroying that nation or group
Anti-semitism
Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.
