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Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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military draft | conscription |
relating to the armed forces or to soldiers, arms, or war | military |
having many intricate parts | complex |
the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war | mobilization |
ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause | propaganda |
fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire, as in World War I | trench warfare |
a war based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses, such as World War I | war of attrition |
something or someone marked for attack | target |
having no restrictions or bounds | unrestricted |
a war that involved the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefield | total war |
an economic system directed by government agencies | planned economy |
Russian councils composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers | soviets |
an overthrow of government | revolution |
assistance such as money or supplies | aid |
to formally give up control of a country or state | abdicate |
in World War I Russia, the government control of banks and most industries, the seizing of grain from peasants, and the centralization of state administration under Communist control | war communism |
mental; directed toward the will or mind | psychological |
a truce or an agreement to end fighting | armistice |
common effort | cooperation |
a payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of war | reparation |
a territory temporarily governed by another nation on behalf of the League of Nations | mandate |