WW1 AND WW2 KEY WORDS

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Alliances
Agreement or promises between a country to help each other.
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Appeasement
the policy of giving into someones demands to calm them down .
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Attrition
wearing down the enemy
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Blitzkrieg
a sudden and overwhelming military attack
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Capitalism
an economic and political system based on private ownership of goods and industry
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Cold War
a non-violent conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States between 1945 and 1990
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Communism
a left-wing economic and social syatem based on classless society and common ownership of goods in industry
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Democracy
a system of Government where the population vote for a representative to hold power.
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Depression
a long and severe downturn in economic activity
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Dictator
a ruler with total power over the country who often rules in a cruel or brutal way
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Dugout
a shelter dug into the side of a trench
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Evacuation
to remove people from a dangerous place
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Fascism
a right-wing political system headed by a dictator who has complete power and opposition is not permitted
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Frontline
the forefront line in defence
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Ghetto
the poor area of a city where a minority group or groups are forced to live
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Holocaust
the mass murder of 6 million Jewish people under the Nazi regime between 1941 and 1945
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Imperialism
building up of Empires
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League Of Nations
an international organisation created after WW1 to provide a place for resolving disputes between countries
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Militarism
building up armies and getting ready for war
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Nationalism
having pride and love for your country
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No Mans Land
area separating opposing armies in trench warfare
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Revolution
to forcibly overthrow a government in flavor of bringing in a new system
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Stalemate
a deadlock in which neither side can make progress
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Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections
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Trench
long narrow ditch in the ground protecting soldiers from enemy fire
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the policy of giving into someones demands to calm them down .

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Appeasement

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wearing down the enemy

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a sudden and overwhelming military attack

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an economic and political system based on private ownership of goods and industry

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