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The Aftermath of World War I & Russian Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Self-Determination | Allowing people to decide for themselves what government they wished to live under |
| Proletariat | The working class people |
| Bolshevik | A radical Marxist group of revolutionaries that wanted to change Russia |
| Soviet (s) | Local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers that influence beyond that of the provisional government |
| Communist Party | The name taken by the Bolshevik party to describe the Marxist belief of a classless society |
| Totalitarianism | A government that takes total control over every aspect of public and private life |
| Command Economy | A system in which the government makes all the economic decisions |
| Five-Year Plan | Plans formed under Stalin for development of the Soviet Union's economy |
| Collective Farms | Large government owned farms |
| Civil Disobedience | The deliberate and public refusal to obey an unjust law |
| Boycott | Refusal to buy certain products |
| Hyper Inflation | A scenario that involves the value of money decreasing causing the prices of products to increase at a very fast rate over a short amount of time |
| Fascism | A militant political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader. No clearly defined theory or program for success |
| Nazism | A germen brand of fascism |
| Lebensraum | The idea of more living space put forward by German government as a reason for expansion |
| Appeasement | Giving into the aggressor in order to keep peace at all costs |
| Axis Powers | The alliance made up of Germany, Italy and Japan to defend each other |
| Autocrat | A ruler who has complete control |