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20 Cards in this Set
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Doughboy
(doh-boy) |
An American infantryman in World War 1
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Neutral
(noo-truhl) |
Not aligned with, supporting, or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
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Mobilize
(mo-buhl-ize) |
To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for war
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Ultimatum
(ul-ti-may-tuhm) |
A statement, especially in diplomatic negotiations, that expressws or implies the threat of serious penalties if the terms are not accepted.
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Aryanism
[air-ee-uh-niz-uhm] |
Nazi Germany's belied system of racial supremacy, which considered members of the German master race to be superhuman or of pureblood
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Partition
[pahr-tish-uhn] |
The act or process of dividing something into parts
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Armistice
[ahr-muh-stis] |
An agreement to stop fighting; a truce
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Disarmament
[dis-ahr-muh-muhnt] |
Reducing or depriving arms or weapons to a nation
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Reparation
[rep-uh-rey-shuhn] |
The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.
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Ingenuity
[in-juh-noo-i-tee] |
Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance
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Casualty
[kazh-oo-uhl-tee] |
One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy
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Commissar
[kom-uh-sahr] |
An official of the Communist Party in charge of political indoctrination and the enforcement of party loyalty
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Barrage
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Artillery fire directed in front of friendly troops to screen and protect them
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Dogfight
[dawg-fahyt] |
A close-range, aerial combat between aircraft, particularly involving fighter planes
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Incendiary
[in-sen-dee-er-ee] |
Of or containing chemicals that produce intense fire when exploded
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Coup
[koop] |
A sudden appropriation of leadership or power, a takeover
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Hemophilia
[hee-muh-fil-ee-uh] |
Any of several hereditary blood-coagulation disorders in which the blood fails to clot normally because of a deficiency or abnormality of one of the clotting factors.
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Bolshevik
[bohl-shuh-vik] |
A member of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party that seized power in that country in November, 1917
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Novice
[nov-is] |
A person new to a field or activity' a beginner
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Influenza
[in-floo-en-zuh] |
An acute contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, muscular pain, and prostration
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