Chapter 27 Vocabulary
PACIFISM
OPPOSITION TO ALL WAR
1
SANCTION
PENALTY
2
APPEASEMENT
POLICY OF GIVING IN TO AN AGGRESSORS DEMANDS IN ORDER TO
KEEP THE PEACE3
ANSCHLUSS
THE UNION OF AUSTRIA AND GERMANY
4
ULTIMATUM
FINAL SET OF DEMANDS
5
MOBILIZE
TO PREPARE MILITARY FORCES FOR WAR
6
NEUTRALITY
POLICY OF SUPPORTING NEITHER SIDE IN A WAR
7
STALEMATE
DEADLOCK IN WHICH NEITHER SIDE IS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE OTHER
8
MANDATE
AFTER WWI, A TERRITORY THAT WAS ADMINISTERED BY A
WESTERN POWER9
NO MAN’S LAND
EMPTY TRACT OF LAND WHERE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
DESTROYED BY WAR
10
ZEPPELIN
LARGE GAS-FILLED BALLOON
11
U-BOAT
SUBMARINE
12
CONVOY
A GROUP OF MERCHANT SHIPS GUARDED BY WARSHIPS
13
TOTAL WAR
THE CHANNELING OF A NATIONS ENTIRE RESOURCES INTO A WAR
EFFORT
14
CONSCRIPTION
“THE DRAFT” WHICH REQUIRES ALL YOUNG MEN TO BE READY FOR MILITARY OR OTHER SERVICE
15
PROPAGANDA
SPREADING OF IDEAS TO PROMOTE A CERTAIN CAUSE OR TO DAMAGE
AN OPPOSING CAUSE
16
SELF-DETERMINATION
THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN FORM OF
GOVERNMENT17
ARMISTICE
AGREEMENT TO END FIGHTING IN A WAR
18
PANDEMIC
SPREAD OF A DISEASE ACROSS A LARGE AREA, COUNTRY,
CONTINENT, OR THE ENTIRE WORLD
19
REPARATION
PAYMENT FOR WAR DAMAGE OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY
IMPRISONMENT20
COLLECTIVE SECURITY
SYSTEM IN WHICH A GROUP OF NATIONS ACTS AS ONE TO
PRESERVE THE PEACE OF ALL21