| A | B |
|---|
| repatriation | to return people to their homeland at the end of a war |
| resolution | to decide - people agree on something |
| self-determination | independence |
| Socialist Party | a political party that wants the wealth spread out among all people |
| spoils | the riches, the benefits, its not what you know, but who you know |
| stalemate | no progress, standstill, no action |
| stereotype | to label someone, to make a judgement on all people of group, base on what one person does |
| stockpile | to save up |
| strategic interest | something is very important to a nation - like the Panama Canal to the U.S. - Suez Canal to Britain |
| submarines | boats that go underwater & fire torpedos |
| tank | an armored vehicle that fires huge bullets |
| territory | land |
| transatlantic cable | it allowed people in the United States to communicate with people in France or England |
| treaty | an agreement - usually between 2 countries |
| U-Boats | what German submarines were called |
| unincorporated | small towns / villages that are not organized - few services/very small government |
| Venezuela | a nation in South America - its loaded with oil, also produces some great baseball players |
| war guilt | to be responsible for committing crimes during a war (such as killing a lot [masses] of people) |
| Western Civilization | refers to cultures/nations such as Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Great Britain, France, the United States |
| world power | a nation which is very strong, can protect itself, make its influence felt around the world - the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, Spain in the 1500s |
| yellow fever | a disease which can kill people, you get it from polluted water |
| yellow journalism | stretching the truth - sensational/bigger than life stories |
| Yugoslavia | a country in southeastern Europe created from the Austro-Hungarian Empire & Ottoman Empire |
| truce | 2 countries agree to stop fighting, but it may only be temporary |
