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Vocab 7.5 WW1 & Russ
Vocab 7.5 - WH2 - World War 1 & Russian Revolution
Question | Answer |
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Militarism | Glorifying war & preparing for it |
Triple Alliance | Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | Emperor of Germany during WWI |
Triple Entente | Military agreement among Britain, France & Russia |
Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan for winning the war on two fronts |
Allies | Great Britain, France, Russia & other nations who fought on their side |
Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, & other nations who fought on their side |
Western Front | Region of northern France where much fighting took place |
Eastern Front | Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place |
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Using submarines to sink any ship without warning |
Total War | War in which countries use all their resources for the war |
Propaganda | One-sided information designed to persuade |
Woodrow Wilson | President who proposed the 14 points & represented the United States at Versailles |
Self Determination | Allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind of government they want |
Treaty of Versailles | Agreement at the end of WWI between Germany & Allied powers |
League of Nations | International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
Proletariat | The workers |
Bolsheviks | Group of revolutionaries led by Lenin |
Vladimir Lenin | Leader of the Bolsheviks and first ruler of the Soviet Union |
Czar Nicholas II | Last absolute monarch of Russia |
Communist Party | Political party practicing the ideas of Karl Marx & Lenin |
Joseph Stalin | Revolutionary leader who took control of the communist party after Lenin died |
Totalitarianism | Government that has total control over people's lives |
Great Purge | Arrest, exile or killing of thousands of suspected enemies of the Communist party |