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entente
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a non-binding agreement to follow common policies
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militarism
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glorification of the military
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Alsace and Lorraine
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provinces on the border of Germany and France, lost by France to Germany in 1871; regained by France after WWI
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ultimatum
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a final set of demands
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mobilize
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to prepare military forces for war
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neutrality
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supporting neither side in a war
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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Allies
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France, Russia, Britain, Italy
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Triple Entente
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France, Russia, Britain
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stalemate
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a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
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zeppelin
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large gas-filled balloon
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u-boat
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german submarine
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convoy
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a group of merchant ships protected by warships
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Dardanelles
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a vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
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T. E. Lawrence
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British colonel sent to support the Arab revolt
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total war
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channeling all of a nation's resources into a war effort
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conscription
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the draft - which required all young men to be ready for military or other service
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contraband
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during wartime, military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies that may legally be confiscated by any belligerent
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Lusitania
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a British liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in May 1915
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propaganda
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spreading ideas to promote or damage a cause
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atrocity
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a horrible act committed against innocent people
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Fourteen Points
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's list of terms for resolving WWI and future wars
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self-determination
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the right of people to choose their own form of government
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armistice
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an agreement to end fighting
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pandemic
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a disease spread across a large area, country, continent, or entire world
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reparations
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payments for war damage
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radicals
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people who want to make extreme changes
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collective security
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a system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all
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mandate
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a territory administered by Western powers
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paris peace conference = british prime minister, french prime minister, US Pres
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David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson
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proletariat
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working class
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soviet
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a council of workers and soldiers
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Cheka
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early Soviet secret police force
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commissar
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communist part official assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty
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