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GSE-Unit 3 Vocab #1
GSE-Unit 3 Vocabulary Review #1
Term | Definition |
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Allies | the victorious alliance of nations (Serbia, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium and the United States) in World War I |
armistice | a formal ceasefire |
Central Powers | the defeated alliance of nations (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I |
communism | a sociopolitical model wherein all property is publicly owned and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs |
depression | in economics, a long-term, sustained downturn in economic activity |
fascist | a political movement supporting strong, authoritarian government dictatorship |
Lenin, Vladimir | leader of the communist revolution in Russia during World War I |
Nazism | – a political movement in Germany, from the end of World War I through the end of World War II, which espoused totalitarian government, staunch nationalism, and racial supremacy |
Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) | a federation of communist countries (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) in Eastern Europe, led by Russia, from the time of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War |
Treaty of Versailles | the 1919 treaty which formally brought World War I to an end |
World War I | also known as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars,” a global conflict occurring between 1914 and 1918, primarily in Europe |