history ww1 and russain revo Vocabulary

Entente

A nonbinding agreement to follow common policies

Militarism

The glorification of the military

Ultimatum

The final set of demands

Neutrality

A policy of supporting neither side in a war

Stalemate

A deadlock in which neither side can defeat the other

Zeppelin

A large gas-filled balloon

U-boat

A German submarine

Conscription

"The draft," which required all young men to be ready for military or other services

Armistice

An agreement to end fighting in a war

Lusitania

British liner torpedoed by a German submarine in May 1915

Atrocities

Highly physically violent acts in war

Propaganda

The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

Proletariat

The working class

Soviet

Council of workers and soldiers set up by Russian revolutionaries in 1917

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Triple Alliance (central powers)

Britain, France, and Russia

Triple Entente (allies)