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World War I
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Allies | the victorious alliance of nations in World War I |
armistice | a formal ceasefire |
Central Powers | the defeated alliance of nations in World War I |
communism | a sociopolitical model wherein all property is publicly owned and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs |
depression | in economics, a long-term, sustained downturn in economic activity |
fascist | a political movement supporting strong, authoritarian government dictatorship |
Vladimir Lenin | leader of the communist revolution in Russia during World War I |
Nazism | a political movement in Germany, from the end of World War I through the end of World War II, which espoused totalitarian government, staunch nationalism, and racial supremacy |
Soviet Union | a federation of communist countries in Eastern Europe, led by Russia, from the time of the Russian Revolution until its collapse in 1991 at the end of the Cold War |
Treaty of Versailles | – the 1919 treaty which formally brought World War I to an end |
World War I | also known as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars,” a global conflict occurring between 1914 and 1918, primarily in Europe |