Study Guide Era 8 Vocabulary Cards Flashcards
(26 cards)
2.What does Zionism mean?
Movement of the Jewish people to Palestine.
1.What does Nomad mean?
A person who moves from place to place following seasonal patterns or resources.
3.What does Provisional mean?
Transitional or temporary
4.What does Bolshevik mean?
Majority
8.What does Propaganda mean?
Misleading information used to promote a cause or point of view.
- What does Untermenshen mean?
Sub-humans included several groups of people from Eastern Europe including Polish & Jewish communities.
10.What does Anti-Semitism mean?
Prejudice or hostility against Jews
11.What does Blitzkrieg mean?
“Lightning warfare” (use speed & surprise as tactics)
12.What does Genocide mean?
Systematic killing of a people group
13.What does Ghettos mean?
Segregated parts of a city where Jews were forced to live
- What does Marshall Plan mean?
American aid program to Europe to help rebuild European economies after the war
15.What does Truman Doctrine mean?
Military & economic support for Turkey & Greece by the US to prevent failure that may result in communism
16.What does Cold War mean?
The politically hostile conditions that existed between the United States & Soviet Union from 1945-1990
17.What does Progressive mean?
Government reformers who believed corruption could corrected by moral behavior and good laws
18.What does Suffrage mean?
Right to vote
- What does Isolationism mean?
Stay our of other nations’ affairs except in the defense of the US
20.What does Red Scare mean?
Period of fear about the potential spread of communism
21.What does The Great Depression mean?
Period of economic hardship in America during the 1930s
22.What does New Deal mean?
Roosevelt’s program to end the Great Depression (1933 & 1935)
23.What does Welfare mean?
Process by which government takes responsibility for the economic security of its people
24.What does Rationing mean?
To give a fixed amount of something
25.What does Nisei mean?
Japanese American born in the US
- What does Internment camp mean?
Area kept under guard
5.What does Fascism mean?
Extreme conservative dictatorship
