unit 4 half test Flashcards
Triple alliance
A military alliance between Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years preceding World War I
Militarism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
Triple entente
A military alliance between Great Britain France and Russia in the years preceding World War I
Central Powers
In World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria hungry, along with the other nations that fought on their side
Allies
In World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that bought on their side: also, the group of nations – including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, in the United States – that opposed the axis powers in World War II
Armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
Bolshevik
A group of revolutionary Russian Marxist who took control of Russia’s government in November 1917
Civil disobedience
A deliberate and public refusal to obey a law considered I’m just
Command economy
An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions
Eastern front
In World War I, the region along the Germany – Russian border where Russians and serves battled Germans, Austrian, and Turks
Fourteen points
A series of proposals in which US Pres. Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I
Great purge
A campaign of terror and the Soviet Union during the 1930s, in which Joseph Stallon sought to eliminate all Communist Party members and others citizens who threatened
Collective farm
A large government controlled farm formed by combining many small farms
Kuamintang
The Chinese Nationalist party, formed in 1912
League of Nations
An international Association formed after World War I with the goal of peace among nations
Long march
A 6000 mile journey made in 1934 to 1935 by Chinese communist fleeing from Jiang jieshi’s nationalist forces
Proletariat
In Marxist theory, the group of workers who would overthrow the czar and come to rule Russia
Propaganda
Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause
Provisional government
A temporary government
Rationing
The limiting of the amount of goods people can buy – often imposed by government during wartime, when goods are in short supply
Schlieffen plan
Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of World War I according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then moved east to attack Russia
Self determination
The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live
Soviet
One of the local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of Czar Nicholas II
Totalitarianism
Government control over every aspect of republic and private life
