Unit 5: Crisis and Change
Lesson B: Global Effects of a Total War
Key Terms
| Key Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| armistice | agreement to stop conflict |
| blockade | an effort to cut off food, supplies, communications, or trade from a country or region by force using ships or armies |
| doughboys | American servicemen in World War I |
| isolationist | a person or country who believes that his/her country is better served by not entering into any treaties, trade agreements, or alliances |
| League of Nations | international organization founded at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919; precursor to the United Nations |
| mandates | territories controlled by another country after World War I; including former German colonies by members of the League of Nations |
| pandemic | disease that spreads throughout a large area, region, or the world |
| reparations | money paid for damages |
| stalemate | a state where no progress is being made |
| total war | all available natural and human resources of a country are used by war |
| Treaty of Versailles | agreement that ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers |
| trench warfare | countries engaged in battles from man-made ditches; used in World War I |
Directions: Practice using these key terms.
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