UNIT 6 VOCAB

3. an international organization created after the First World War to provide a diplomatic forum for resolving international disputes
5. absorb or adopt another culture
9. spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
11. right of people to choose their own form of government
12. clocks forward one hour in the summer to maximize use of daylight; used as an energy-saving strategy during WWI
14. a coded message sent by Germany to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States
16. policy of supporting neither side in a war
18. deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
19. “the draft,” which required all young men to be ready for military or other service
20. to put down by authority or force or subdue

1. payment for war damage or damage caused by imprisonment
2. peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and Germany
4. murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
6. the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction
7. formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense
8. a military strategy in which you try to wear down your enemy to the point of defeat by continuously attacking their forces and equipment until they become exhausted and cannot continue
10. prior to World War I, the Schlieffen Plan established that, in case Fourteen Points the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first and then Russia
13. list of terms for resolving WWI and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson in January 1918
15. glorification of the military
17. agreement to end fighting in a war