Fascism
An ideology characterised by militarism, extreme nationalism and anti-communism.
Fourteen Points
US programme for peace after World War I.
Funeral pyre
A wooden box in which a dead body is burnt as part of a funeral rite.
General election
Vote for a new government usually held every four or five years.
Home Rule
A country governed by its own people.
Partition
When a country is split to form two separate states.
Propaganda
Use of posters, film and newspapers to present news and information that portrays an event or person in a favourable light. Good news is highlighted while bad news is hidden!
Soviet
Workers’ and soldiers’ councils that controlled the cities in Russia in 1917.
Third Reich
Nazi-controlled Germany between 1933 and 1945.
Treaty
An agreement between countries. The contents are called articles.
Tsar
Title of the emperor of Russia.
Weimar Germany
The name given to the period of German history between 1918 and 1933.
World war
A war fought by a large number of countries on a number of different continents. World War I was fought in Europe, Asia and Africa.
