Defintions

• The Great Depression


  A time in the 1930s when the economy was very bad and many people were unemployed.
• Totalitarian Regimes

  Governments that control every part of people's lives.
• Allied Powers

  Countries like the U.S, Britain and the Soviet Union that fought against the Axis in WW2
• Axis Powers

  Countries like Germany, Italy and Japan that fought against the Allies in WW2.
• World War ll

  A major global war from 1939- 1945.
• Fascism

  A strict government with one leader that controls everything.
• Nationalism

  Pride in and loyalty to one's nation
• Appeasement


  Giving in to demands to avoid conflict.
• Pearl Harbour

  The surprise attack by Japan on the U.S naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, which led to the U.S entering the war.
• Nazi Party

  The political party led by Adolf Hitler that ruled Germany and implemented fascist polices during war.