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| a government that exerts total control over the nation and citizen's lives |
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| a political philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation or an ethnic group, and the supreme authority of the leader over that of an individual |
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| an extreme form of facism shaped by Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority |
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| In World War II, Germany, Italy and Japan |
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| Policy of giving in to a competitor's demands in order to preserve the peace |
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| kind of warfare emphasizing rapid and mechanized movement; used by Germany during World War II |
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| In World War II, the alliance of Great Britian, The United States and the Soviet Union |
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| a situation in 1931 when Japanese soldiers, claiming that chinese soldiers had tried to blow up a railway line, captured several southern manchurian cities, and continued to take over the entire country even after Chinese troops had withdrawn |
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| a supposedly independent country under the control of a powerful neighbor |
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| were a series of laws passed in the United States in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that was to leading to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts |
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| a policy that required nations to pay cash for all non-military goods and to be responsible for transporting the goods from the United States |
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| a group formed in 1940 by isolationists to block further aid to Britian |
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| a 1941 law that authorized the President to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security |
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