Transcript History Vocabulary

History Vocabulary
A Guide to Pronunciation
The sound of schwa
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/learningeng
lish/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 CAPITALIZED.
Vowel sounds are colour-coded and matched to
a list of the same sounds in other common
words.
Austro-Serbian War
OSStro-sERbeeyun*
• boss
• loss
• go
• sir
• see
Balkan Wars
bALLkun*
• tall
• wall
• fall
Berlin Blockade
berLIN blockADE
• her
• tin
• shock
• maid
Bosnian Crisis
bOZneeyun* kRIsiss
• see
• cry
• miss
Cuban Missile Crisis
kYOObun* mISSile krIsiss
• queue
• cue
• cry
• high
• this
• hiss
Franco-Prussian War
frANko-pRUSHun*
• tank
• go
• brush
• rush
Great Depression
grate du*pRESHu*n
• eight
• fresh
Gulf War
gULLf
• seagull
• hull
Iraq War
eerARk
• be
• tea
• park
• shark
Korean War
kerREEun*
• her
• fur
• be
• tea
Moroccan Crisis/Crises
marOCKun* krIsiss/krIsees
• shock
• mock
• cry
• High
• miss
• please
• sneeze
Munich Agreement
mYOOnick
• you
• two
• sick
Paris Peace Conference
pAriss
• pad
• pat
• kiss
Sarajevo
saraYAYvo
• sat
• mat
• day
• hey
• know
• so
Notice that the “j” is pronounced as a “y” and that
the “e” is pronounced as an “a”.
Vietnam
veeyu*tnARm
• be
• tea
• farm
Alliance System
aLIEyunss
• my
• high
• once
Allied Powers
Aleyed
• Allan
• pal
• shall
• pie
• my
Appeasement
aPEEZEmu*nt
• please
• freeze
armaments
ARmu*mu*nts
atomic
u*TOMick
• from
• bomb
Axis Powers
AKKsiss
•
•
•
•
pack
back
miss
hiss
Baltic states
bALLtick
• all
• fall
• sick
Capitalism
kAPitu*lizu*m
• cap
• map
Capitalist Bloc
kAPitu*list block
•
•
•
•
cap
map
shock
rock
casualties
kAZHyu*lteez
colonial rivalry
ku*lOWNneeu*l rEYEvu*lree
• flown
• shown
• known
• be
• tea
• eye
• my
Communism
kOMyoonizu*m
•
•
•
•
•
Tom
from
you
is
his
concentration camps
konsu*ntRAYshu*n kamps
• on
• day
• lamp
conscription
ku*nskRIPshu*n
• ship
• flip
decolonization
deekolu*neyezAYshu*n
• be
• tea
• doll
• high
• day
diplomatic
diplu*mATick
• ship
• fat
• sick
Domino Effect
dOMinno u*fECKT
•
•
•
•
Tom
win
know
insect
Dreadnoughts
dREDnorts
•
•
•
•
red
bread
sort
taught
Fascism
fASHizu*m
•
•
•
•
fashion
bash
is
his
Fascist Party
fASHu*st
• passion
• fashion
Fuhrer
• fYOOru*h
• you
genocide
jENu*side
•
•
•
•
Ben
when
tide
sighed
Gestapo
gu*stARpo
•
•
•
•
are
far
no
so
Holocaust
hOLu*korst
• holiday
• cord
ideology
eyedeeOLu*jee
• my
• be
• holiday
independence
indu*pENdu*nss
• pin
• Ben
Chamberlain
chAMEbu*lu*n
• came
• same
Churchill
chERRchill
• search
• fill
Clemenceau
klEMu*nso
• them
• no
Dwight D. Eisenhower
dwhIte dee EYEzu*nhowah
•
•
•
•
•
fight
see
why
cow
up
Gorbachev
gORbu*chov
• for
• of
Hideki Tojo
hIDu*keye tOjo
• did
• my
• so
Adolf Hitler
AYdolf hITlah
•
•
•
•
say
golf
sit
up
kamikaze
kamu*kARzee
• ham
• far
• see
Kaiser Wilhelm II
kEYEzu* VILhelm the second
• my
• will
• elder
This is a German name so the “w” is pronounced
as a “v”.
Kennedy
kENu*dee
• energy
• see
Krushchev
• krOOschov
• crew
• too
• of
Lenin
lENu*n
• Ben
• when
Lloyd George
lOYd jOrj
• boy
• for
Douglas MacArthur
dUglu*ss mu*kARthu*
• mug
• car
Molotov
mOlu*tov
• doll
• of
Mussolini
moozu*lEEnee
• too
• see
Richard Nixon
rICHu*d nIKsu*n
• rich
• sick
Ronald Reagan
rONu*ld rAYgu*n
• on
• day
Ernst Rommel
urnst rOmu*l
• burn
• on
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
frANklu*n DELu*no rOOzu*velt
•
•
•
•
•
tank
tell
go
zoo
belt
Josef Stalin
jOsu*f stARlu*n
• no
• are
Harry Truman
hARRee trOOmu*n
• carry
• tea
• too
Woodrow Wilson
wOUldroh wILsu*n
•
•
•
•
could
good
go
pill
Abyssinia
abissSINeeya
•
•
•
•
•
at
miss
in
see
up
Albania
albAYneeya
•
•
•
•
pal
day
see
up
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsass-lu*rAIn
• pal
• cash
• pain
Austria
OSStreeya
• boss
• me
• up
Austria-Hungary
OSStreeya hUNGu*ree
•
•
•
•
boss
me
up
sung
The Balkans
the bALLku*nz
• call
• tall
Balkan Peninsula
bALLku*n penINsyoola
•
•
•
•
•
call
then
win
too
up
Belgium
bELLju*m
• sell
Bosnia-Herzegovina
bOZneeya hurtsgu*vEEna
• see
• up
• shirt
Britain
brITu*n
Bulgaria
bulgAIReeya
•
•
•
•
•
dull
care
fair
see
up
Carribean
karru*BEEu*n
• carry
• see
Cuba
• kYOOba
• you
• up
Czechoslovakia
cheku*slovARkeeya
•
•
•
•
check
slow
far
see
Estonia
eSTONEeeya
•
•
•
•
best
lone
see
up
Europe
YOOru*p
European continent
YOOru*peeyu*n KONtinu*nt
•
•
•
•
you
see
on
tin
Finland
fINlu*nd
France
frANss (USA)
• hand
frARNss (UK)
• arm
Geneva
ju*nEEva
• see
• up
Germany
jERmu*nee
• her
• see
Hawaii
hu*WHYee
• cry
• see
Hiroshima
hirOSHshu*ma
• here
• gosh
• up
Latvia
lATveeya
• sat
• see
• up
indemnities
inDEMniteez
•
•
•
•
win
them
hit
sneeze
Iron Curtain
eyeu*n KURtu*n
• high
• hurt
League of Nations
LEEg ov NAshu*nz
• be
• of
• pay
Manchukuo
manCHOOkwoh
• tan
• too
• so
Marshall PLan
MARshu*l plan
• far
• fan
militarism
MILLitu*rizm
• hill
Molotov Plan
MOLu*tov plan
• doll
• fan
Nazi Party
NARTsee PARtee
• far
• see
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
NARTsee SOveeu*t non-aggRESshu*n pakt
•
•
•
•
•
•
far
see
go
on
rest
act
NATO
NAYtoh
• day
• go
propaganda
propu*GANda
• top
• hand
• up
reparations
reparRAYshu*nz
• guess
• up
• day
sanctions
sANKshu*nz
• tank
satellite states
sATu*lite stayts
• cat
• light
• mates
swastika
sWASStikka
• boss
• sick
• up
tension
tENshu*n
totalitarianism
toetalu*TAIReeyu*nizm
•
•
•
•
•
go
shall
hair
see
is
trenches
tRENCHu*z
• French
• bench
Treaty of Versailles
tREEtee ov vairSIGH
• tree
• of
• hair
• my
This is a French word so the final “-lles” is silent!
Triple Alliance
tRIPu*l aLIEyu*nss
• tip
• up
• my
Triple Entente
tRIPu*l onTONt
• 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
tROOmu*n DOKtru*n
• true
• rock
Warsaw Pact
wOREsore pakt
•
•
•
•
draw
snore
war
act
Weimar Republic
vEYEmar ru*PUBlik
• my
• car (long vowel not short)
• tub
• sick
This is a German word, so the letter “w” is
pronounced as “v”.
Lithuania
lithooAYnia
•
•
•
•
•
with
too
day
me
up
Manchuria
manCHOOreea
•
•
•
•
tan
too
see
up
Nagasaki
naggaSARkee
•
•
•
•
bag
up
far
see
Normandy
nORmu*ndee
• for
• see
Ottoman
OTTa*mu*n
• hot
• up
Poland
POlu*nd
• go
Rhineland
rEYEnland
• my
• hand
Rumania
rooMAYneea
•
•
•
•
shoe
day
see
up
Russia
rUSHa
• rush
Serbia
SIRbeea
• her
• see
• up
Tunisia
tyooNISSeea
•
•
•
•
tune
miss
see
up
Turkey
TERRkee
• her
• see
Yugoslavia
yoogoSLARveea
•
•
•
•
•
you
go
car
see
up