End of the War+ Versailles Peace Conference+ Treaty of Versailles GLOSSARY

Versailles: a famous palace near Paris.

Conference: a meeting.

Armistice: a cease-fire.

Treaty: an agreement between nations.

Delegate: a person representing a country at a conference.

Colonies: overseas countries ruled by a European nation (e.g. India was a colony of the British Empire).

Disarmament: where countries agree to reduce their weapons.

Self-determination: the right of nations to rule themselves.

Compromise: when you ‘meet someone half-way’ in an argument

Reparations: the money Germany had to pay for damage done during the war.

Terms of the Treaty: the different things the Treaty said

Demilitarised zone: an area where the army is not allowed to go.

Senate: the ‘parliament’ of the United States.

Principles: ideas which say how things should happen.

Disarm: give up your armies and navies.

Self-determination: the right of peoples to rule themselves.

Nation-state: a country where the people of a certain race rule over themselves.

Racial minority: where a few people of one race live in a country where most people are of a different race