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26 Cards in this Set
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alliance
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An agreement to cooperate
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militarism
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A nation's interest in armed power
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arms race
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A competition among nations to have the most weapons
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assassination
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Murder for a political reason
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armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting
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Great Depression
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The economic decline during the 1930s that was the worst in the world's history
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inflation
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A continuing increase in the price of goods and services
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fascism
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Political ideas that stress strong government control, military strength, and intense nationalism
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propaganda
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The spreading of information, ideas, or rumors to help or hurt a cause
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liberate
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To set free
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concentration camp
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A guarded camp where prisoners are held
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genocide
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The killing of an entire group of people
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Holocaust
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The mass killing of millions of Jews and other people by the Nazis during World War II
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trend
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The way something changes over time
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communism
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A governing and economic system in which all property and all means of production belong to the people as a group
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czar
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A Russian title meaning "Caesar," or ruler
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soviet
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An elected government council in a communist country
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collective
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A large farm, sometimes owned by the government, on which people work together as a group
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totalitarian
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Having complete control over people's lives
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purge
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To carryout a government order to kill or imprison citizens who oppose the government
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cold war
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A conflict fought with words and ideas between nations rather than with soldiers and weapons
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warlord
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A person who commands his or her small army
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Long March
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Mao Zedong and his followers' 6000-mile (9,656-km) journey across China away from Nationalist forces
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superpower
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A nation that is one of the world's most powerful nations
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containment
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The policy of preventing a country from gaining control of another country
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detente
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A relaxing of tensions
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