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Ch. 26
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Triple Alliance | an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the late 1800s. |
| Triple Entente | an alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain in the late 1800s. |
| Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary whose assassination by a Serb nationalist started WWI. |
| Gavrilo Princip | Serbian nationalist; he assassinated Archduke Franz of Austria-Hungary, which started WWI. |
| neutral | in a war, not aiding either side |
| Central Powers | the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary. and the Ottoman Empire during WWI. |
| Allied Powers | the alliance formed between Britain, France, and Russia in WWI. |
| Western Front | during WWI, the deadlocked region in northern France where German and Allied armies faced off. |
| trench warfare | a form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire and to defend their positions. |
| total war | a war that requires the use of all a society's resources |
| propaganda | information such as posters and pamphlets created by governments in order to influence public opinion. |
| Battle of Verdun | the longest battle of WWI; ended in stalemate, with both sides suffering hundred of thousands of casualties |
| Gallipoli Campaign | failed attempt by the Allies in WWI to take control of the Dardanelles. |
| genocide | the killing of an entire people |
| Bolsheviks | Marxists whose goal was to seize state power and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat; Soviet Communist |
| Grigory Rasputin | A self-proclaimed Russian holy man and prominent figure at the court of Czar Nicholas II. He was viewed as corrupt, and support for czarist Russia deteriorated because of him. |
| Marxism-Leninism | the political and economic philosophy of the Bolsheviks, expounded by Vladimir Lenin, which looked to an uprising of the proletariat that would abolish private property and enforce social equality. |
| Leon Trotsky | Russian Communist revolutionary; he negotiated the peace between Russia and the Central Powers to end Russian involvement in WWI. |
| New Economic Policy | Lenin's plan, started in 1921, to allowed limited capitalism, especially among farmers, in order to restore the Soviet economy. |
| Woodrow Wilson | 28th president of the u.s.; he proposed the League of Nations after WWI as a part of his Fourteen Points |
| u-boats | submarines used by Germans in WWI and II. |
| Zimmermann Note | a telegram sent to a German official that was dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a particular city-state. |
| armistice | an agreement to cease fighting, usually in a war |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson's plan for organizing post-WWI Europe and for avoiding future wars. |
| Treaty of Verailles | treaty ending WWI; required Germany to pay huge war reparations and established the League of Nations. |
| League of Nations | an international body of nations formed after WWI to prevent future wars. |
| mandates | territories once part of the Ottoman Empire that the League of Nations gave to other European powers to rule after WWI. |
| Balfour Declaration | a statement issued by the British foreign secretary in favor of establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |