| A | B |
|---|
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting; a cease fire |
| isolationism | nation's decision to stay out of war b/c they believe it doesn't affect them |
| militarism | a fascination with war & the military |
| reparations | war damages paid by Germany to the Allies |
| conscription | when a country requires its citizens to serve in the military; the draft |
| propaganda | gov't controlled information used to shape people's opinions |
| Great War | original name of World War I |
| imperialism | one nation controls the gov't or economy of another |
| Woodrow Wilson | president of the US during World War I |
| Czar Nicholas II | absolute monarch of Russia until 1917 |
| Vladimir Lenin | Socialist leader of Russia who took over in October Rev. |
| Bolsheviks | a radical group of socialists; Lenin was their leader |
| civilians | nonmilitary citizens |
| neutrality | a policy of not taking sides |
| trench warfare | when soldiers fought from two lines of ditches |
| Lusitania | a passenger liner sunk by Germany; 1200 civilians died |
| mandates | countries governed by the League of Nations but run by one country |
