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- 1What is a Lend-Lease and when was it used?From 1941, the USA lent, leased, and sold military equipment to countries fighting Germany, Italy or Japan.
- 2What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact ?An agreement signed by Ribbentrop (German foreign Minister) and Molotov (Soviet Foreign Minister) which led both countries to invade Poland.
- 3What is Communism ?An ideology which aims to create an equal society, where the economy is controlled by the people and private ownership does not exist.
- 4What is a Constitution ?A set of rules which outline the powers of a country's political institution and the rights of its citizens.
- 5Capitalism ?A form of economic system where most of the economy is privately owned
- 6Democracy ?A form of political system based on popular consent.
- 7What was the Enigma ?A machine used to send encrypted intelligence signals to German armed forces during the Second World War. The Germans, however, did not know that, British codebreakers at Bletchley Park were able to break the code.
- 8Spheres of Influence ?A territory where one country has political or economical control.
- 9What was PotsdamA city 15 miles south of Berlin, where Churchill, Stalin and President Harry Truman met to discuss the post-war world.
- 10What is a plebiscite ?A vote on a single issue in the manner of a referendum. Plebiscites were held after 1918 in areas of uncertain nationality to establish which country the population wished to be governed by.
- 11"Big Three"Term used to describe the three main powers at the Versailles settlement, PM of France Clemenceau, PM of Britain lloyd and President Wilson from the US.
- 12Mandated territories ?Mandates were former German or Turkish colonies handed over to the Allies to be governed by them on behalf of the League of Nations.
- 13Conference of Ambassadors ??Established in 1920's specialised in Versailles Treaty and played a role in resolving Vilna dispute.
- 14Locarno ?Agreement between France, Belgium and Germany to protect each others frontiers, Britain and Italy backed them up.
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