section 1
entente
stalemate
deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
total war
channeling a nations resources into war
pandemic
spread of disease
proletariat
growing class of factory and railroad workers
militarism
glorification of the military
zeppelins
gas filled balloons
conscription
draft
reparations
payments for war damage
soviets
councils of workers and soldiers
ultimatum
final set of demands
u boats
german submarines
contraband
military supplies
radicals
people who wanted to make extreme changes
Karl Marx
russian idealist who inspired lenin
mobilize
prepare military forces for war
convoys
group of protected merchant ships
propaganda
spreading of ideas to support war
collective security
system where a group of nations works to preserve peace
cheka
secret police force
neutrality
policy of supporting neither side in the war
dardanelles
strait connecting black and mediterranean sea
atrocities
acts committed against innocent people
mandates
territories administered by western powers
commissars