1) Nationalism: A strong identification with one’s nation.
2) Imperialism: Creation of power through military force.
3) Treaty of Versailles: A pact signed by the countries that participated in World War I, as a resolution to the tensions.
4) Idealism vs. Realism: Unrealistic vs. Realistic, goals in the world.
5) Fourteen Points: Fourteen points proposed by Woodrow Wilson, for improvement on world politics.
6) Self-determination: Freedom of Choice for one, without external pressures.
7) War Guilt Clause: The clause in Treaty of Versailles that stated the terms that Germany owed the other countries affected.
8) W.C.T.U.: Women’s Christian Temperance
9) League of Nations: The League created to preserve world peace after World War I.
10) Collective Security: The security of one being in the interest of all.
11) Woodrow Wilson: The President of the United States.
12) Economic Sanctions: The cut-off of trade as a punishment.
13) Hoare-Laval Plan: The plan to partition off Abyssinia and give it to Italy.
14) The Locarno Pact: A series of pacts, organized in Locarno that divided the new territories of Central and Eastern Europe after World War I.
15) Kellogg-Briand Pact: A pact stopping countries from using War to resolve conflicts.
16) Washington Conference: A conference about disarming held in Washington in 1921. It is recognized as being the first conference to successfully bring about arms disarmament.
17) Bourgeoisie: The wealthy upper class of society.
18) Proletariat: The Lower and Middle class of society.
19) Exploitation: Taking advantage of situations for gain.
20) Dictatorship of the Proletariat: Socialist state in which the proletariat, or the working class, has control of political power.
21) Cadet: Constitutional Democratic Party. They organized to replace the government of the Tsar.
22) Bolshevik: A major portion of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. They split off and formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which acquired power after the October Revolutions.
23) Menshevik: The other portion of The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party before the split. They were the more moderate liberal portion of the Communist movement.
24) October Manifesto: The first address of the problems within the Russian government. It was released in 1905 by the Emperor, and is considered the precedent to the First Russian Constitution.
25) Fundamental Laws: The first laws of the Russian empire.
26) Duma: Council assembly’s created by the Tsar of Russia.
27) Provisional Government: The government of Soviet Russia brought in by Vladmir Lenin after the March Revolution.
28) V.I. Lenin:
29) Joseph Stalin:
30) Leon Trotsky
31) Peace, Land, Bread: Lenin’s slogan for the government that he ran, this represented the idealistic Russia.
32) April Thesis: The document presented by Lenin after his return to Russia, that pushed for these main points, Communist Revolution, Immediate Peace, Seizure of the Gentry Land, Power to the Soviets, and seizure of factories.
33) Soviet: A group of Marxist revolutionary workers.
34) Alexander Kerensky: Ordered the Russian Government troops to protect the government during uprisings in Petrograd, and was betrayed by General Kornilov, who started a coup with them instead. Kerensky then appealed to the people to uphold the revolution.
35) General Kornilov: Was supposed to give an order for government troops to protect the Russian Government. However, he did not and turned the supposed to be military protection into a coup.
36) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: The treaty that came out of peace negotiations between Germany and Russia which were initiated by Lenin’s government.
37) War Communism: The creation of a communist government in order to bring about military readiness.
38) The Russian Civil War:
39) Reds/Whites: The opposition between the Communist forces of Russia (Reds) and the Imperial forces (whites)
40) Allied Intervention
41) New Economic Policy: The first economic put out in the U.S.S.R by Lenin’s new government. It brought in many new elements of Communism.
42) Comintern: The Communist International. A organization set up to help organize international communist revolution.
43) Treaty of Rapallo: A treaty between the U.S.S.R and Germany after World War I. It agreed that The Soviets would manufacture illegal weapons for Germany and that Germany would share steel manufacturing technology with Russia.
44) “Guns or Butter”: The decision of a country between the comfort of its people or the prosperity of its economy.
45) Command Economy: An economy with no free trade elements. Every aspect of industry is controlled by the state.
46) Collectivization: The accumulation of private property by the government eventually creating one government owned property.
47) Kolkhoz: The collectives of land owned by the government.
48) Kulak: A Peasant who was a cut above the average poverty level.
49) Five Year Plan: A type of plan put in place in Soviet Russia, in order to revitalize the economy and bring Russia out as a world power.
50) Gulags: The work camps set up by Stalin during the Purges.
51) The Purges: A series of political killings by Stalin, in Russia prior to World War II.
52) Gustav Streseman: The man who formed the new government of Germany after it fell because of inflation. He introduced a new currency and measures called the Weimar Republic.
2) Imperialism: Creation of power through military force.
3) Treaty of Versailles: A pact signed by the countries that participated in World War I, as a resolution to the tensions.
4) Idealism vs. Realism: Unrealistic vs. Realistic, goals in the world.
5) Fourteen Points: Fourteen points proposed by Woodrow Wilson, for improvement on world politics.
6) Self-determination: Freedom of Choice for one, without external pressures.
7) War Guilt Clause: The clause in Treaty of Versailles that stated the terms that Germany owed the other countries affected.
8) W.C.T.U.: Women’s Christian Temperance
9) League of Nations: The League created to preserve world peace after World War I.
10) Collective Security: The security of one being in the interest of all.
11) Woodrow Wilson: The President of the United States.
12) Economic Sanctions: The cut-off of trade as a punishment.
13) Hoare-Laval Plan: The plan to partition off Abyssinia and give it to Italy.
14) The Locarno Pact: A series of pacts, organized in Locarno that divided the new territories of Central and Eastern Europe after World War I.
15) Kellogg-Briand Pact: A pact stopping countries from using War to resolve conflicts.
16) Washington Conference: A conference about disarming held in Washington in 1921. It is recognized as being the first conference to successfully bring about arms disarmament.
17) Bourgeoisie: The wealthy upper class of society.
18) Proletariat: The Lower and Middle class of society.
19) Exploitation: Taking advantage of situations for gain.
20) Dictatorship of the Proletariat: Socialist state in which the proletariat, or the working class, has control of political power.
21) Cadet: Constitutional Democratic Party. They organized to replace the government of the Tsar.
22) Bolshevik: A major portion of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. They split off and formed the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which acquired power after the October Revolutions.
23) Menshevik: The other portion of The Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party before the split. They were the more moderate liberal portion of the Communist movement.
24) October Manifesto: The first address of the problems within the Russian government. It was released in 1905 by the Emperor, and is considered the precedent to the First Russian Constitution.
25) Fundamental Laws: The first laws of the Russian empire.
26) Duma: Council assembly’s created by the Tsar of Russia.
27) Provisional Government: The government of Soviet Russia brought in by Vladmir Lenin after the March Revolution.
28) V.I. Lenin:
29) Joseph Stalin:
30) Leon Trotsky
31) Peace, Land, Bread: Lenin’s slogan for the government that he ran, this represented the idealistic Russia.
32) April Thesis: The document presented by Lenin after his return to Russia, that pushed for these main points, Communist Revolution, Immediate Peace, Seizure of the Gentry Land, Power to the Soviets, and seizure of factories.
33) Soviet: A group of Marxist revolutionary workers.
34) Alexander Kerensky: Ordered the Russian Government troops to protect the government during uprisings in Petrograd, and was betrayed by General Kornilov, who started a coup with them instead. Kerensky then appealed to the people to uphold the revolution.
35) General Kornilov: Was supposed to give an order for government troops to protect the Russian Government. However, he did not and turned the supposed to be military protection into a coup.
36) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: The treaty that came out of peace negotiations between Germany and Russia which were initiated by Lenin’s government.
37) War Communism: The creation of a communist government in order to bring about military readiness.
38) The Russian Civil War:
39) Reds/Whites: The opposition between the Communist forces of Russia (Reds) and the Imperial forces (whites)
40) Allied Intervention
41) New Economic Policy: The first economic put out in the U.S.S.R by Lenin’s new government. It brought in many new elements of Communism.
42) Comintern: The Communist International. A organization set up to help organize international communist revolution.
43) Treaty of Rapallo: A treaty between the U.S.S.R and Germany after World War I. It agreed that The Soviets would manufacture illegal weapons for Germany and that Germany would share steel manufacturing technology with Russia.
44) “Guns or Butter”: The decision of a country between the comfort of its people or the prosperity of its economy.
45) Command Economy: An economy with no free trade elements. Every aspect of industry is controlled by the state.
46) Collectivization: The accumulation of private property by the government eventually creating one government owned property.
47) Kolkhoz: The collectives of land owned by the government.
48) Kulak: A Peasant who was a cut above the average poverty level.
49) Five Year Plan: A type of plan put in place in Soviet Russia, in order to revitalize the economy and bring Russia out as a world power.
50) Gulags: The work camps set up by Stalin during the Purges.
51) The Purges: A series of political killings by Stalin, in Russia prior to World War II.
52) Gustav Streseman: The man who formed the new government of Germany after it fell because of inflation. He introduced a new currency and measures called the Weimar Republic.
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