chapter 23

Question 1

communism

Answer 1

is an economic and political system in which the government owns all businesses and controls the economy

Question 2

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 2

was the Bolshevic

Question 3

fascism

Answer 3

is a political philosophy based on nationalism and strong government

Question 4

the Allies

Answer 4

was what Great Britain and France were called

Question 5

Axis Powers

Answer 5

was what Germany, Italy, and Japan were called

Question 6

Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 6

was the president of the United States

Question 7

Holocaust

Answer 7

was the Nazi’s effort to wipe out the Jewish people

Question 8

genocide

Answer 8

is the deliberate destruction of a people

Question 9

Cold War

Answer 9

is a period of tense rivalry between the superpowers but no direct fighting

Question 10

Mao Zedong

Answer 10

had formed a Communist government in China

Question 11

Mohandas Gandhi

Answer 11

had led the independence movement in India

Question 12

ideologies

Answer 12

or systems of beliefs

Question 13

the Korean War

Answer 13

was when in 1950 Communist North Korea invaded non-Communist South Korea

Question 14

the Vietnam War

Answer 14

was when in 1857 the Communists began to overthrow the south

Question 15

Ronald Reagan

Answer 15

the president of the United States

Question 16

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 16

was the Soviet leader

Question 17

terrorism

Answer 17

is a criminal activity involving the use of violence to create fear and to push for political change

Question 18

defend

Answer 18

is to protect