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SC7-EFFECTS of WWI
SC 7-4 Effects of WWI
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| armistice | cease fire |
| Big Four | Woodrow Wilson (United States), Prime Minister David Lloyd George (Great Britain), Premier Georges Clemenceau (France), Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando (Italy) |
| treaty | agreement worked out between 2 or more nations |
| compromise | settlement in which each side gives up something in order to reach an agreement |
| Fourteen Points | document President Wilson wanted for the "lasting peace" |
| reparation | payments for the cost of the war |
| League of Nations | peace keeping organization whose members would be the countries of the world |
| Treaty of Versailles | Treaty at the end of WWI, signed in France at the Palace of Versailles, never signed by Germany- creating the bitterness that led to WWII |
| mandate | Mid-East area governed by the League of Nations which led to a feeling of Nationalism and desire for self-rule in the ARAB nations |
| Balfour Declaration | Great Britain promising Jews a homeland in Palestine |
| Zionism | Jewish desire to return to the Holy Land (Palestine) |