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History Vocabulary
A Guide to Pronunciation
The sound of schwaschwa
Please note that schwa (shWAH) is the most common vowel sound in English. It occurs in many of the words in this slideshow.For a guide to this sound and some audio examples, please go to this BBC site:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/schwa/
schwa
In this slideshow, the vowel sound schwa is shown by an asterisk (*) and underlined.
Word Stress & Vowels
The stressed (highest and loudest) syllable in each word is CAPITALIZEDCAPITALIZED.
Vowel sounds are colour-coded and matched to a list of the same sounds in other common words.
Austro-Serbian War
OOSSSStro-sEERRbeeyun*•boss•loss•go•sir•see
Balkan Wars
bALLALLkun*•tall•wall•fall
Berlin Blockade
berLINLIN blockADEADE•her•tin•shock•maid
Bosnian Crisis
bOOZZneeyun* kRRIIsiss
•see•cry•miss
Cuban Missile Crisis
kYOOYOObun* mIISSSSile krIIsiss•queue•cue•cry•high•this•hiss
Franco-Prussian War
frAANNko-pRRUUSHSHun*•tank•go•brush•rush
Great Depression
grate du*pRREESHSHu*n
•eight•fresh
Gulf War
gULLULLf•seagull•hull
Iraq War
eerARARk•be•tea•park•shark
Korean War
kerRREEEEun*•her•fur•be•tea
Moroccan Crisis/Crises
marOOCKCKun* krIIsiss/krIIsees•shock•mock•cry•High•miss•please•sneeze
Munich Agreement
mYOOYOOnick•you•two•sick
Paris Peace Conference
pAAriss•pad•pat•kiss
Sarajevo
saraYYAYAYvo•sat•mat•day•hey•know•soNotice that the “j” is pronounced as a “y” and that the “e” is pronounced as an “a”.
Vietnam
veeyu*tnARARm•be•tea•farm
Alliance System
aLLIEIEyunss•my•high•once
Allied Powers
AlAleyed•Allan•pal•shall•pie•my
Appeasement
aPPEEZEEEZEmu*nt•please•freeze
armaments
ARARmu*mu*nts
atomic
u*TTOOMMick
•from•bomb
Axis Powers
AKKAKKsiss
•pack•back•miss•hiss
Baltic states
bAALLLLtick
•all•fall•sick
Capitalism
kAAPPitu*lizu*m
•cap•map
Capitalist Bloc
kAAPPitu*list block
•cap•map •shock•rock
casualties
kAZHAZHyu*lteez
colonial rivalry
ku*lOOWNWNneeu*l rEYEEYEvu*lree•flown•shown•known•be•tea•eye•my
Communism
kOOMMyoonizu*m
•Tom•from•you•is•his
concentration camps
konsu*ntRRAYAYshu*n kamps
•on•day•lamp
conscription
ku*nskRRIIPPshu*n
•ship•flip
decolonization
deekolu*neyezAYAYshu*n•be•tea•doll•high•day
diplomatic
diplu*mATATick
•ship•fat•sick
Domino Effect
dOOMMinno u*fEECKTCKT
•Tom•win•know•insect
Dreadnoughts
dRREEDDnorts
•red•bread•sort•taught
Fascism
fASHASHizu*m
•fashion•bash•is•his
Fascist Party
fASHASHu*st
•passion•fashion
Fuhrer
• fYOOYOOru*h
• you
genocide
jENENu*side
•Ben•when•tide•sighed
Gestapo
gu*stARARpo
•are•far•no•so
Holocaust
hOOLLu*korst
•holiday•cord
ideology
eyedeeOOLLu*jee
•my•be•holiday
independence
indu*pEENNdu*nss
•pin•Ben
Chamberlain
chAAMEMEbu*lu*n
•came•same
Churchill
chEERRRRchill
•search•fill
Clemenceau
klEEMMu*nso
•them•no
Dwight D. Eisenhower
dwhIte dee EYEEYEzu*nhowah
•fight•see•why•cow•up
Gorbachev
gOORRbu*chov
•for•of
Hideki Tojo
hIIDDu*keye tOOjo
•did•my•so
Adolf Hitler
AYAYdolf hIITTlah
•say•golf•sit•up
kamikaze
kamu*kARARzee
•ham•far•see
Kaiser Wilhelm II
kEYEEYEzu* VVIILLhelm the second
•my•will•elder
This is a German name so the “w” is pronounced as a “v”.
Kennedy
kEENNu*dee
•energy•see
Krushchev
• krOOOOschov
• crew• too• of
Lenin
lEENNu*n
•Ben•when
Lloyd George
lOYOYd jOOrj
•boy•for
Douglas MacArthur
dUUglu*ss mu*kAARRthu*
•mug•car
Molotov
mOOlu*tov
•doll•of
Mussolini
moozu*lEEEEnee
•too•see
Richard Nixon
rICHICHu*d nIKIKsu*n
•rich•sick
Ronald Reagan
rOONNu*ld rAYAYgu*n
•on•day
Ernst Rommel
urnst rOOmu*l
•burn•on
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
frAANNklu*n DDEELLu*no rOOOOzu*velt
•tank•tell•go•zoo•belt
Josef Stalin
jOOsu*f stARARlu*n
•no•are
Harry Truman
hAARRRRee trOOOOmu*n
•carry•tea•too
Woodrow Wilson
wOUOUldroh wILILsu*n
•could•good•go•pill
Abyssinia
abissSSIINNeeya
•at•miss•in•see•up
Albania
albAYAYneeya
•pal•day•see•up
Alsace-Lorraine
AAllsass-lu*rAIAIn
•pal•cash•pain
Austria
OOSSSStreeya
•boss•me•up
Austria-Hungary
OOSSSStreeya hUUNGNGu*ree
•boss•me•up•sung
The Balkans
the bAALLLLku*nz
•call•tall
Balkan Peninsula
bAALLLLku*n penIINNsyoola
•call•then•win•too•up
Belgium
bEELLLLju*m
•sell
Bosnia-Herzegovina
bOOZZneeya hurtsgu*vEEEEna
•see•up•shirt
Britain
brITITu*n
Bulgaria
bulgAIAIRReeya
•dull•care•fair•see•up
Carribean
karru*BBEEEEu*n
•carry•see
Cuba
• kYOOYOOba
• you• up
Czechoslovakia
cheku*slovARARkeeya
•check•slow•far•see
Estonia
eSTSTOONENEeeya
•best•lone•see•up
Europe
YOOYOOru*p
European continent
YOOYOOru*peeyu*n KKOONNtinu*nt
•you•see•on•tin
Finland
fININlu*nd
France
frAANNss (USA)•hand
frAARNRNss (UK)•arm
Geneva
ju*nEEEEva
•see•up
Germany
jERERmu*nee
•her•see
Hawaii
hu*WHYWHYee
•cry•see
Hiroshima
hirOOSHSHshu*ma
•here•gosh•up
Latvia
lAATTveeya
•sat•see•up
indemnities
inDDEEMMniteez
•win•them•hit•sneeze
Iron Curtain
eyeu*n KKUURRtu*n
•high•hurt
League of Nations
LLEEEEg ov NNAAshu*nz
•be•of•pay
Manchukuo
manCHCHOOOOkwoh
•tan•too•so
Marshall PLan
MMAARRshu*l plan
•far•fan
militarism
MMIILLLLitu*rizm
•hill
Molotov Plan
MMOOLLu*tov plan
•doll•fan
Nazi Party
NNAARTRTsee PPAARRtee
•far•see
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
NNAARTRTsee SSOOveeu*t non-aggRREESSshu*n pakt
•far•see•go•on•rest•act
NATO
NNAAYYtoh
•day•go
propaganda
propu*GGAANNda
•top•hand•up
reparations
reparRRAAYYshu*nz
•guess•up•day
sanctions
sAANKNKshu*nz
•tank
satellite states
sAATTu*lite stayts
•cat•light•mates
swastika
sWWAASSSStikka
•boss•sick•up
tension
tEENNshu*n
totalitarianism
toetalu*TTAIAIRReeyu*nizm
•go•shall•hair•see•is
trenches
tRREENCHNCHu*z
•French•bench
Treaty of Versailles
tRREEEEtee ov vairSSIGHIGH
•tree•of•hair•myThis is a French word so the final “-lles” is silent!
Triple Alliance
tRRIIPPu*l aLLIEIEyu*nss
•tip•up•my
Triple Entente
tRRIIPPu*l onTTOONNt
•tip•on
This is a French word, so the middle “e” is pronounced with an “o” sound and the final “e” is silent.
Truman Doctrine
tRROOOOmu*n DDOOKKtru*n
•true•rock
Warsaw Pact
wOOREREsore pakt
•draw•snore•war•act
Weimar Republic
vEYEEYEmar ru*PPUUBBlik
•my•car (long vowel not short)•tub•sickThis is a German word, so the letter “w” is pronounced as “v”.
Lithuania
lithooAYAYnia
•with•too•day•me•up
Manchuria
manCHCHOOOOreea
•tan•too•see•up
Nagasaki
naggaSSAARRkee
•bag•up•far •see
Normandy
nOORRmu*ndee
•for•see
Ottoman
OOTTTTa*mu*n
•hot•up
Poland
PPOOlu*nd
•go
Rhineland
rEYEEYEnland
•my•hand
Rumania
rooMMAAYYneea
•shoe•day•see•up
Russia
rUUSHSHa
•rush
Serbia
SSIIRRbeea
•her•see•up
Tunisia
tyooNNIISSSSeea
•tune•miss•see•up
Turkey
TTEERRRRkee
•her•see
Yugoslavia
yoogoSLSLAARRveea
•you•go•car•see•up