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UNIT 5 VOCABULARY
7TH grade social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | strong belief in and worship of the armed forces |
| Alliance | grouping two or more people/countries together in a common cause |
| Imperialism | belief that strong nations should control weaker nations to build an empire |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
| Triple Entente | Alliance of France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and the U.S. |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire |
| Allied Powers | U.S., Italy, France, Russia, and Great Britain |
| Nationalism | the strong belief in/love for ones culture, language, etc. |
| Spark | an event that sets something into motion |
| Front | area of fighting in a war |
| Eastern Front | area of fighting in WWI between Russia and Germany |
| Western Front | are of fighting in WWI between France and Germany |
| Italian Front | when Italy joined the French against countries it had allied with prior to WWI |
| Neutrality | not involved on either side |
| Trench Warfare | fighting from ditches |
| Stalemate | a situation in which no real progress is made by anyone |
| Casualty | one wounded or killed through accident or act of violence |
| Czar Nicholas II | last authoritarian emperor of Russia |
| Authoritarianism | the strong belief government should be run by a single person |
| Bolshevik | Russian communist |
| Communism | the strong belief workers should share, control, and benefit from the wealth of trade and production |
| Lenin | leader of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | agreement that ended Russian involvement in WWI |
| Blockade | to prevent access to an area |
| U-Boats | German submarines (undersea boats) |
| Unrestricted Submarine warfare | German strategy of destroying any/all ships without warning |
| The Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by German U-boats that led Germany to restrict its submarine warfare to keep the U.S. from entering WWI |
| Zimmerman telegram | coded letter from Germany to Mexico asking it to join WWI against the U.S. |
| Treaty | a type of contract signed by two or more parties to reach agreement |
| Treaty of Versailles | agreement that ended WWI |
| Wilson's 14-Points | U.S. proposals meant to correct the MAIN causes of WWI and bring about lasting world peace |
| Self-Determination | freedom to make one's own decision as an independent nation |
| Demilitarization | removal of all weapons from an area |
| Conscription | forced service in the military, the draft |
| War-Guilt Cause | statement forcing Germany to accept full blame for starting WWI |
| Reparations | payment for damages |
| League of Nations | organization created after WWI that tried, but failed to bring long-lasting peace among nations |
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