pandemonium
uproar; noisy disorder
nightstick
police officer's club, carried as a weapon and a symbol of authority; a truncheon
pennant
triangular flag
diminutive
unusually small
squalid
extremely dirty
dissident
someone who opposes official state policy
inconceivable
unbelievable
sacrilege
violation of something dedicated to religious purpose
churlish
discourteous in a mean-spirited way
promenade
upper deck on a passenger ship
Syria
Arabic-speaking country in the Middle East that has been undergoing a civil war since 2011
Bashar al-Assad
current president of Syria who succeeded his father Hafiz al-Assad
Cuba
Spanish-speaking country in the Caribbean Sea that has been communist since 1959 and has suffered economically because of US trade embargoes and the collapse of the Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
communist leader of Cuba who overthrew the Batista government in 1959 and ruled the country until he stepped down in 2008
Nazi Party
formed in Munich after WWI, the Hitler-led authoritarian and anti-Semitic National Socialist German Workers' Party, outlawed in Germany at the end of WWII
Adolph Hitler
Austrian-born Nazi Party leader who ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945 and precipitated WWII and the Holocaust
Brownshirts
also known as Hitler's Storm Troopers, members of an early Nazi militia who wore brown uniforms
Arab Spring
pro-democracy and antigovernment political uprisings that began in Tunisia in late 2010 and spread to other countries throughout North Africa and the Middle East
Hitler Youth
Nazi Party organization developed to indoctrinate German children into believing anti-Semitic and racist ideology
Gestapo
name for the secret state police under Nazi rule in Germany
