Unit 5: Crisis and Change
Lesson F: The Failure of Democracy and Return of War
Key Terms
| Key Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aggression | to begin hostility or attack first |
| Anschluss | connection; annexation of Austria by Germany |
| anti-Semitism | discrimination against Jewish people |
| appeasement | giving in to the demands of others in order to avoid war |
| armistice | agreement to stop conflict |
| authoritarian | a form of government in which those in power hold absolute and unchangeable authority over the people; dictatorship |
| blitzkrieg | "lightning war"; a type of war in which air attacks were swiftly followed by tanks and foot soldiers; used by Germany during World War II |
| expansionism | a country's practice or policy of territorial or economic growth by taking from other countries |
| fascism | a political system that calls for extreme nationalism and no tolerance of opposition |
| genocide | the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group |
| imperialism | acquiring colonies or extending influence of a strong country to gain wealth and power |
| interpretation | explanation |
| League of Nations | international organization founded at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919; precursor to the United Nations |
| lebensraum | living space; Hitler's plan to clear out Eastern Europe so that Germans could repopulate the area |
| Nazism | National Socialist German Workers Party; believed in a superior race and totalitarian government |
| nonaggression | not attacking |
| reparations | money paid for damages |
| totalitarian | exercising dictatorial (authoritarian) power by government over nearly every aspect of human life |
Directions: Practice using these terms.
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