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WH UNIT 6
Term | Definition |
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League of Nations | an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations |
Propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. |
Treaty | a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries |
Alliance | a joining together for some common purpose |
Nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
Triple Alliance | An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. |
Triple Entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. |
Total War | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort |
Scarcity | fewer resources than are needed to fill human wants and needs. |
Social Darwinism | Evolution and “survival of the fittest” were applied to human society. Those who were fittest for survival enjoyed wealth and success and were considered superior to others |
Racism | The belief that one race is superior to others |
Viceroy | a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign |
Imperialism | seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country |
isolationism | the belief that a country should not be involved with other countries |
trench | a long, narrow hole that is dug in the ground |
trench warfare | a type of fighting where both sides build deep trenches as a defense against the enemy |