| A | B |
|---|
| conscription | military draft-created mass armies |
| mobilization | activating troops and supplies for war; countries had to make quick decisions |
| propaganda | ideas spread to influence public opinion; governments used this to support gain public support for the war |
| trench warfare | fighting from ditches; a major feature of the Western Front in WWI |
| war of attrition | tactic of wearing down the enemy through constant attack; a product of WWI mass armies |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | German tactic of sinking ships with no warning; helped bring U.S. into the war |
| total war | complete mobilization of resources and people for war; made civilians part of the war effort |
| planned economy | economic system directed by government; a feature of wartime and Communist governments |
| soviets | worker and soldier councils; helped lead the Russian Revolution |
| revolution | dramatic change; overthrow of government |
| abdicate | a monarch formally giving up control of a country; result of the Russian Revolution |
| war communism | Lenin's policy of government control of the economy; helped Bolsheviks win the Russian civil war |
| armistice | official truce: 11-11-1919 at 11 o'clock |
| reparation | payment made by the loser in a war to the winner: Germany was supposed to bear the entire cost of the war |
| mandate | a territory temporarily ruled by another country for the League of Nations: Palestine and Syria |
