1. Vocabulary List 2

2. Ally ► to unite formally; a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose

3. Appeasement ► to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm; to satisfy

4. Armistice ► a temporary suspension of violence by agreement of the warring parties; truce

5. Boer ► a Dutch colonist in South Africa

6. Boyar ► landowning noble of Russia

7. Brinkmanship ► the practice of threatening an enemy with massive retaliation for any aggression; pushing a highly dangerous situation to the limit, rather than backing down

8. Cabinet ► a group of advisers or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions

9. Colony ► a land controlled by another nation

10. Commune ► in Communist China, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together

11. Concordat ► a formal agreement- especially one between the pope and a government, dealing with the control of church affairs

12. Conclave ► a private or secret meeting

13. Conjunction ► the state of being conjoined; union; association

14. Divert ► to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect

15. Imperative ► absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable

16. Pincer ► A maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from both sides and the front