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WWI/Russian Rev
Vocabulary Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one anothers defense. | Alliance |
| World War I alliance of Britain, France and Russia; later joined by the United States and others. | Allied Powers |
| Heir to the Austrian throne, whose assassination in 1914 was the spark that started World War I. | Archduke Ferdinand |
| Mutual agreement to end fighting in a war. | Armistice |
| 1917 Russian revolutionary group who seized power in Russia during the October Revolution and founded the Soviet Union. | Bolsheviks |
| World War I alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire (later joined by Bulgaria). | Central Powers |
| The last absolute monarch of Russia who abdicated the throne and was murdered by communists. | Czar Nicholas Romanov II |
| A list of American President Woodrow Wilson’s terms for guaranteeing peace and resolving future wars. | Fourteen Points |
| A group of more than 40 nations formed after World War I with the goal of settling problems through negotiation, not war. | League of Nations |
| A list of American President Woodrow Wilson’s terms for guaranteeing peace and resolving future wars. | Fourteen Points |
| Glorification of the military. | Militarism |
| Policy of supporting neither side in a war. | Neutrality |
| An area in Eastern Europe where any conflict may result in a war between several countries. | “Powder Keg of Europe” |
| Spreading of ideas and information to promote a certain cause or to damage an opposing cause. | Propaganda |
| Russian peasant monk who was able to influence Russian politics by gaining the confidence of the Czarina. | Rasputin |
| Payment for war damages or war damages caused by imprisonment. | Reparations |
| Deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other. | Stalemate |
| The treaty that ended World War I, which blamed Germany for causing the war. | Treaty of Versailles |
| Type of warfare where troops dig into the land and fight. | Trench Warfare |
| First Communist leader of Russia, who promised “peace, bread and land”. | Vladimir Lenin |
| Provisional Government | A temporary government. |
| A plan instituted by Vladimir Lenin in 1921 that privatized some industries in the Soviet Union. | New Economic Policy (NEP) |
| Right of people to choose their own form of government. | Self-Determination |
| Treaty between Russian and Germany that ended Russia’s participation in WWI and gave Russian territory to Germany. | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| Nationalistic movement that sought to unite Slavic peoples. | Pan-Slavism |
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