Topic 17 Vocabulary

A truce or an agreement to end fighting

• Armistice

• Reparation

• Shell shock

• Bolshevik

A payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of war

• Armistice

• Reparation

• Shell shock

• Bolshevik

Psychological condition resulting from intense exposure to war, particularly aerial bombardment

• Armistice

• Reparation

• Shell shock

• Bolshevik

A member of the faction of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, founded by Vladimir Lenin, which was renamed the Communist Party after the 1917 revolution

• Armistice

• Reparation

• Shell shock

• Bolshevik

Russian council comprised of representatives from the workers and soldiers

• Soviet

• Totalitarianism

• Conscription

• Mobilization

A form of government that controls the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens

• Soviet

• Totalitarianism

• Conscription

• Mobilization

Military draft

• Soviet

• Totalitarianism

• Conscription

• Mobilization

The process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war

• Soviet

• Totalitarianism

• Conscription

• Mobilization

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause

• Propaganda

• Total War

• Unrestricted

• War of attrition

• Psychological

A conflict that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefield

• Propaganda

• Total War

• Unrestricted

• War of attrition

• Psychological