Essential Vocabulary

2. Also known as the October Revolution
4. One of the peace treaties at the end of WW1.
9. A ruler who wields absolute authority.
12. A political policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation to avoid conflict.
13. A social system based on the principle of individual rights
14. Germany, Italy, and Japan, which were allied before and during World War II.
16. A system of government in which the state controls the economy, in an attempt to ensure that all goods are equally shared by the people.
17. A term used by Nazis to describe ‘pure-blooded’ Germans who have blonde hair and blue eyes.
18. A person who has been captured and imprisoned by the enemy in war.

1. Prison camps where people were beaten, tortured, starved ans used as slave labour.
3. An intergovernmental organisation that began after WW1 to resolve international disputes.
5. A market in which securities are bought and sold.
6. Countries that opposed the Axis powers during WW2.
7. A political ideology founded by Adolf Hitler.
8. Biased communication, promoting or demoting certain views.
10. A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
11. A formal agreemet or treaty between two or more nations.
15. A totalitarian ideology.