a formal pact or agreement between or among nations

a member of the majority faction of the party that seized power in 1917 and formed the Communist party in the Soviet Union

a member of the armed forces removed from active duty as a result of being killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action

the theory of a classless social system in which all property and means of production are owned in common; socialist theory deriving from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

compulsory enrollment in military service

the idea that the acquisition (buying/selling) of goods is beneficial to society or its economy

the practice or skill of conducting negotiations between nations or governments

of or related to a large group of people who share a distinctive culture, language, or religion, or who are of the same race or national heritage

the intentional attempt to exterminate all members of a certain race, nationality, religious, or ethnic group

relying on one another; mutually dependent

a purposeful course of harassing, punishing, or exterminating others, especially because of their race or religious, moral, or political beliefs

information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person

the title of male Russian rulers before 1917

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars.

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).

heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.

Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)

Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976.

Last Tsar of Russia and then end of the Romanov line. Was executed along with the rest of his family under the order of Lenin.

Emperor of Germany during World War I

The assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, a member of the Black Hand

Serbian nationalist/terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which resulted in the start of World War I.

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Accepting demands in order to avoid conflict

A very rapid rise in the price level; an extremely high rate of inflation.

A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of opposition

A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.

restriction on access to ideas and information

a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government

Stalin's economic policy to rebuild the Soviet economy after WWI. tried to improve heavy industry and improve farm output, but resulted in famine

Forcibly remove someone or something. Stalin imprisoned or killed anyone opposed to him or his policies.

National socialism. In practice a far-right wing ideology (with some left-wing influences) that was based largely on racism and ultra-nationalism.

Hitler's secret police

Germanic people seen as the master race

"My Struggle"-a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany

The private army of Mussolini

The name given to Hitler's supporters.

Laws that deprived Jews of their rights to German citizenship, forbade Jew + Non-jew marriages, start of legal discrimination toward Jews

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

Japan's policy of conquering other territories after WWI in an effort to create a Japanese empire in Asia