Vocabulary Chapter 26
World War I and the Russian Revolution
For this chapter, these are the vocabulary words I want you to focus on for the end exam.
These are not all marked in the textbook, so you will have to read the sections to find the
answers. I want you to take a notecard for each word and put the word on the front with
the corresponding number. On the back you will include the definition. Some of these are
not simple definitions so I will require you to include other things, along with a definition.
I will indicate these in parentheses beside the word. This will need to be completed
by……… Take this seriously, because this will help you to study for the exam.
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Triple Alliance- 1882;___________ (when did it form, who was a part of it)
Triple Entente- 1893; ____________ (when, who)
Entente- a __________ agreement to follow common policies
Militarism- glorification of the_________, helped feed the _____race
Alsace and Lorraine- border province between _______and ______; _______(where is
this located, who wanted it)
6. Pan-Slavism- a form of _________that held that all Slavic people had a common
nationality
7. Archduke Francis Ferdinand- from Austria-______, was assassinated in
________(where from, what happened to him and where)
8. Black Hand- a ________ terrorist group that vowed to take action against Austrian
oppressors
9. Gavrilo Princip- the man who ____________ Archduke Francis Ferdinand
10. Ultimatum- final set of ______
11. Mobilize- prepare ________ forces for war
12. Neutrality- policy of supporting _______ side in a war
13. Schlieffen Plan- named after General _______ ____ __________; It was designed to
avoid having to fight a ___-front war; used by ________(who named after, how did it
work, and who used it)
14. Stalemate- deadlock, neither side can ______ the other
15. Zeppelins- large ________ balloons; used by Germany (who used them)
16. U-boats- nicknamed from German word for__________, Unterseeboot; used by
Germany (who used them)
17. Convoys- groups of ________ ships protected by ________; used by _______(who used
them)
18. Dardanelles- vital strait connecting the _______ Sea and the _____________
19. T.E. Lawrence- Colonel sent by ________ government to help support the ______revolt
against Turks
20. Total war- the channeling of a nation’s entire ___________ into the war effort
21. Conscription- “the _____”
22. Contraband- military _________ and ____ materials needed to make military
_________
23. Lusitania- ________ and ________; the British liner was sunk by a German
____________ torpedo (who was involved and what happened)
24. Propaganda- the _________ of ideas to promote a _________or to damage an _______
cause
25. Atrocities- horrible acts committed against ________ people
26. America in the war- they joined the ________; cultural ties and because of a German
letter to _________ intercepted by ________ that tried to get Mexico to start a war
with _____________ (who they joined and why)
27. Fourteen Points- a list of ____ for resolving this and future _____; issued by ________
(who issued them)
28. Self-determination- ______ of people to choose their own form of ___________
29. Armistice- agreement to end ________
30. Pandemic- spread of ________across a large area
31. Radicals- people who wanted to make _________ changes
32. Paris Peace Conference- the _____; to discuss the fate of ________, former ________
Empire, and various colonies around the world (who attended and why)
33. League of Nations- _______ supported it; based on the idea of _______ security or a
system in which a group of _________ acts as one to preserve the _______ of all (who
supported and what was it…hint collective security)
34. Treaty of Versailles- the ______ came up with a treaty for _______ that they signed
stating they assumed full ______ for the war, imposed __________ that covered the
destruction caused by the war and _________for soldiers and their families ($30
Billion), limited the size of ________, returned ______ and Lorraine to France, and
took land surrounding Germany and some of its colonies from Germany (what were
the main points…hint reparations)
35. Mandates- _________ administered by _______ powers
36. March Revolution- __________ Tsar and Russian __________; unrest among the
__________ because of poverty and abuse; the elected ______ set up a __________
government after the tsar was thrown out(who was involved, why did it start, what
was the outcome)
37. Proletariat- growing _____ of factory and railroad workers, _______, and urban ______
earners
38. Soviets- councils of ________ and _________
39. November Revolution- Provisional _________, proletariat, __________; the provisional
government had not been able to end the war or resolve __________ problems with
the proletariat; therefore, the ________ took over the government (who was involved,
why did it start, what was the outcome)
40. Russian Civil War- A war between the “____” (Communists) and the “_______”
(counter revolutionists); Communists took over under ______ (who was involved, what
was the outcome)
41. Cheka- a secret ______ to force much like the tsar’s
42. Commissars- ____________ party officials assigned to the army to teach party
_________ and ensure party _______
43. Communist Soviet Union (who was in control, NEP)- _____; New _______ Plan that
allowed for some _________ ventures, such as small __________ could reopen to
make private profit, stopped taking _____ from the peasants, peasants got to keep
small plots of _____, and were allowed to sell their ________ for profit (who was in
control, NEP)