| A | B |
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| mestizos | a latin american of indian and white ancestry at the bottom of the social order in colonial latin america |
| ultimatum | a final offer in diplomatic circles that threatens severe penalties |
| creoles | a white aristocrat born in colonial latin america |
| mobilization | assembling and transporting military troops and equipment in preparation for war |
| propaganda | ideas, allegatoions, or rumors used to promote a cause to damage and opposing cause |
| peninsulares | a man born in spain or portugal who held the most important positions in colonial latin america |
| secede | to withdraw formally from an alliance or union |
| u boats | german submarines |
| suffragettes | a female advocate of voting rights for women |
| contraband | goods forbidden from being transported that may be seized by an opposing nation during war |
| russification | to make russian in character |
| autocracy | rule by 1 person with unlimited power |
| anarchy | absence of any form of political authority or political institutions |
| emancipation | freeing someone from oppression, slavery or bondage |
| trenchwarfare | used ditches to protect themselves |
| ratify | approve and so make valid (ex amendment) |
| militarism | national policy in which military preparedness is of ultimate importance |
| simon bolivar | creole from venezuela, led colonies to independence |
| kaiser | and emperor of germany from 1871 to 1918 |
| protectorate | a country that is protected and partially controlled, especially in forgein affairs by another country |
| partition | to divide a region into smaller parts |
| nation-state | a political organization composed of 1 nation inhabited by 1 group of ppl |
| alliance systems | a formal defense agreement between 2 or more nations |
| mulattoes | a latin american of african and white ancestry at the bottom of the social order in colonial latin america |
| guerrilla warfare | fighting by small, mobile groups that employ hit-and-run tactics |
| sphere of influence | a territoty in which a foregin power holds exclusive investment or trading rights |
| disenfranchished | deprived of the right to vote |
| sectionalism | excessive devotion to local political and economic interests w/o regard for interest in other reegions |
| jose de san martin | (from argentina) led latin american armies over the andes mountains and into chile |
| arbitration | the settling of a dispute by following the guidelines of an impartial person |
| pogroms | an organized slaughter of a minority group |
| chancellor | the chief master of some european countries |
