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Alsace and Lorriance
German empire that had been "taken during the war
Dardanelles
A vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean
armistice
agreement to end fighting with the Allies
Proletariat
the growing class of factory and railroad workers, miners, and urban wage earners
Commissar
Communist party officials assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty during the Russian Revolution
comintern
the communist international
entente
nonbinding agreement to follow common policies
militarism
the glorification of the military
ultimatum
final set of demands
mobilize
Prepare military forces for war
neutrality
policy of supporting neither side in a war
stalemate
A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
zeppelin
large gas-filled balloon
U-boat
German submarine
convoy
group of merchant ships protected by warships
total war
mechanized war required the channeling of a nation's entire resources into the war effort
Conscription
A military draft
contraband
military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies
Lusitana
British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat during World War I
propaganda
The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
atrocity
horrible act committed against innocent people
Fourteen Points
A list of terms developed by Woodrow Wilson that was designed to resolve WWI and prevent future wars.
Self-determination
the right of people to choose their own form of government
pandemic
spread of a disease across a large area, country, continent, or the entire world
reparation
payments for war damage
radical
people who wanted to make extreme change
collective security
A system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all
mandate
territories administered by western powers
Soviet
council of workers and soldiers set up by Russian revolutionaries in 1917
VI Lenin
Russian communist who led Bolsheviks to victory in October Revolution
Cheka
The secret police under Lenin and his Communist Party
command economy
Government makes all economic decisions
collective
large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group
kulak
wealthy farmers
gulag
A system of brutal labor camps
socialist realism
a goal to show soviet life in a positive light
russification
imposing Russian culture on the diverse Soviet empire
atheism
Belief that there is no god.
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