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| 259241008 | treaty of Versailles | the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans | |
| 259241009 | nationalism | love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |  |
| 259241010 | militarism | policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war |  |
| 259241011 | trenches | holes or ditches dug in the ground to protect the soldiers from gunfire |  |
| 259241012 | total war | all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat |  |
| 259241013 | genocide | systematic killing of a racial or cultural group |  |
| 259241014 | alliance | countries joining together to fight if either is attacked | |
| 261110513 | triple alliance | An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. |  |
| 261110514 | triple entente | An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. | |
| 261110515 | propaganda | Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. |  |
| 261110516 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. |  |
| 261110517 | assassination | murder of a public figure by surprise attack |  |
| 261110518 | league nation | an international council created in 1920 by the allied powers to try to prevent future wars |  |
| 261110519 | reparation | (usually plural) compensation taken from a defeated nation by the victors. ( germany paid britain/france for WW1) | |
| 268715976 | inevitable | incapable of being avoided or prevented | |
| 268715977 | stalemate | no progress made, neither side can win | |
| 268715978 | westen front | In WWI, the region along the German-france Border where allied troops battled the central powers Germans, Austrians, and Turks. |  |
| 268715979 | eastern front | In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks. |  |
| 268715980 | paris peace conference | The peace conference that decided the terms of WWI peace and Treaty of Versailles. |  |
| 268715981 | Schleifen plan | Germany attacked France through Belgium, and Russia was slow to mobilize so they attacked them second | |
| 268715982 | central powers | in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies | |
| 272253004 | november revolution | They took military control in the capital and on November 6th, took over the government buildings. Lenin was named the head of the government by a congress of soviets after this. | |
| 272253005 | CZar | a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) |  |
| 272253006 | bolsheviks | Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian goverment during WWI |  |
| 272253007 | bloody Sunday | 1905, peaceful protest to czar Nicholas II palace, led by Father Gapon, fired on by palace guards, 100s died |  |
| 272253008 | lenin | Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924) |  |
| 272253009 | romanovs | Russian dynasty, started with Michael Romanov after the Time of Troubles and lasted until 1917. |  |
| 273582020 | proletariat | the working class |  |
