history ww1 and russain revo Vocabulary

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Entente

A nonbinding agreement to follow common policies

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Militarism

The glorification of the military

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Ultimatum

The final set of demands

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Neutrality

A policy of supporting neither side in a war

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Stalemate

A deadlock in which neither side can defeat the other

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Zeppelin

A large gas-filled balloon

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U-boat

A German submarine

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Conscription

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

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Armistice

An agreement to end fighting in a war

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Lusitania

British liner torpedoed by a German submarine in May 1915

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Atrocities

Highly physically violent acts in war

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Propaganda

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

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Proletariat

The working class

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Soviet

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

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Triple Alliance (central powers)

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Britain, France, and Russia

Triple Entente (allies)