The World between 1920 and 1960With the end of the World War 1 the colonial empires of the 19th century began to collapse, as it happened with the British Empire or completely disappeared like the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires.

Decolonization: a process of the 20th century where Asian and African countries achieved their independence from European colonial control.

Interwar (1919-1939)A period of growth for ideas and culture, as well as a period of peace between the First and Second World War.

SurrealismA movement that represented pure expression of thought, unregulated by reason.

It was a political movement; André Bretón and Rene Magritte were sympathetic to Socialism and Salvador Dalí to Fascism.

The Second World War was decided by the participation of two countries with opposing regimes: the Soviet Union, with a socialist government; and the United States, that thought that Capitalism was the best way for people to obtain freedom.

Cold War

Period after the Second World War that involved a political and ideological conflict between the United States, that supported Capitalism, and the USSR, that supported Socialism.

After World War II, Washington and Moscow became important political centers and New York the economic center of the world.

PopulismPolicy government that favors the majority, in other words, the common people.This was created in some countries to win the devotion and votes of the common people.

InterventionismA policy of powerful States to influence the internal issues of other states.