| A | B |
|---|
| militarism | national policy based on military strength and glorification of war |
| Woodrow Wilson | president of the U.S. during World War I who proposed the 14 points |
| Archduke Ferdinand | heir to the emperor of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist |
| diplomacy | art of negotiating between different nations, by their heads directly, or through their representatives |
| Treaty of Versailles | Peace of Paris, allied settlement with Germany after World War I |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | German emperor who supported Austria-Hungary's actions against Serbia |
| communism | belief in a society without class distinctions or private property |
| Tsar Nicholas II | Russian ruler whose imcompetence led to the Revolutions of 1917 |
| alliance systems | defense agreements among nations |
| ultimatum | a set of final conditions that must be accepted to avoid sever consequences |
| Joseph Stalin | Lenin's successor who ruled the Soviet Union until 1953, establishing a brutal dictatorship |
| conscription | compulsory call of civilians to military service; the draft |
| Vladimar Lenin | his NEW (New Economic Policy) helped put the Soviet Unions' economy back on its feet in the 1920's |
| Bolshevik Revolution | the overthrow of the provisional government of Russia by the Reds, with Lenin seizing power |
| nationalism | pride in one's own nation or group and its traditions; desire for independence from outside rule |
| mobilization | assembling and preparing troops and equipment for war |
| mandate system | system of administering territories by western powers after World War II |
| propaganda | news and information intended to influence people's feelings about a cause |
| inflation | economic cycle with a rapid rise in prices with a sharp increase in the amount of money available |
| tariff | a tax on imports |
| League of Nations | organization established after World War I to prevent future wars; the U.S. did not jooin, and this organization did not have enforcement power |
| depression | a sustained and extensive economic downturn |
| date of Stock Market crash | occurred on October 29th; also known as "Black Tuesday" |
