| A | B |
|---|
| Russo-Japanese War | war betweem Russia and Japan that established Japan as a world power |
| Triple Alliance | pre-WWI alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
| Triple Entente | pre WWI alliance between France, Russia, and Britain |
| Militarism | policy of glorifying Military power |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | German leader who expanded Germany's military power |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Austrian heir whose assassination started WWI |
| Central powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire during WWI |
| Allied Powers | France, Russia, and Britain during WWI |
| U-boats | German submarine |
| Armistice | a cease fire (Germnay agreed to one to end WWI) |
| Woodrow Wilson | American President who led America into WWI and developed a peace plan for the war's settlement |
| 14 points | Wilson's plan for peace after WWI |
| The Treaty of Versailles | Main peace treaty following WWI, it failed to establish a long lasting peace |
| Self-Determination | idea that people should decide for themselves how they should be ruled |
| Mandates | territorial possessions that were given to the Allied countries to be ruled until the people that lived in them could rule themselves |
| League of Nations | international organization established adter WWI to try to resolve conflicts |
| Treaty of Versailles | Peace settlement ending WWI, it was harsh on Germany and had many lasting effects on Europe, many leading to conflict |
| Tsar Nicolas II | last Tsar of Russia, overthrown by revolutionaries and eventualy killed by the Bolsheviks |
| Serfs | poor peasants in Russia similar to slaves. Serfdom kept Russia a backwards country |
| Vladimir Lenin | leader of Bolsheviks, he established a communist government for Russia |
| Bolsheviks | the communist supporters of Lenin |
| Leon Trotsky | leader of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War |
| Joseph Stalin | suceeded Lenin as leader of the USSR |
| Red Army | Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War |
| White Armies | armies that opposed the Bolsheviks during the russian civil war |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, it was the new name given to Russia after the Bolshevik revolution |
| New Economic Policy | Lenin's policy that introduced some aspects of capitalism into communist Russia |
| League of Nations | international organization estabished by the Treaty of Versailles to try and prevent conflict |
| Mandate System | system of ruling territory by the League of Nations until the territory was fit for independence |
| Great Depression | Horrible Economic Slump that began in USA and spread to all industrialized countries |
| Tariffs | taxes on imported goods, used to protect a country' industry |
| Black Tuesday | low point where NYSE market crashed |
| Propaganda | advertisements made by the government to make people think a certain way |
| Communism | type of govenrment Bolsheviks established in Russia after 2nd revolution |
| Russian Civil War | conflict fought between communist red army and anti-communist white armies for control of Russia's govenrment |
| Turkey | country that replaced the Ottoman empire following WWI |
| Zimmerman Telegraph | ntoe sent by Germany to Mexico that ecouraged Mexico to attack the USA |
| Provisional Government | replaced Tsar Nicholas II during WWI, continued to fight the war and was later replaced by Bolsheviks |
