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Chapter 26, Vocabb ;
Key Terms and People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the late 1800s ? | Triple Alliance |
| an alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain in the late 1800s ? | Triple Entente |
| he was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, who decided to visit the Bosnian city of Sarajevo ? | Franz Ferdinand |
| he was a young Serbian man, who opened fire with his pistol, killing the Archduke and the Archduke's wife, Sophie ? | Gavrilo Princip |
| in a war, not aiding either side ? | Neutral |
| the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary , and the Ottoman Empire during World War I ? | Central Powers |
| the alliance formed between Britain, France, and Russia during World War I ? | Allied Powers |
| during World War I, the deadlocked region in northern France where German and Allied armies faced off ? | Western Front |
| a form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire and to defend their positions ? | Trench Warfare |
| a war that requires the use of all a society's resources ? | Total War |
| information such as posters and pamphlets created by governments in order to influence public opinion ? | Propaganda |
| (1916) the longest battle of World War I; it ended in stalemate, with both sides suffering hundred of thousands of casualties ? | Battle of Verdun |
| (1915) failed attempt by the Allies in World War I to take control of the Dardanelles ? | Gallipoli Campaign |
| the killing of an entire people ? | Genocide |
| Marxists who goal to seize state power and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat;soviet communists ? | Bolsheviks |
| he was a self proclaimed holy man and healer whom many Russians viewed as corrupt and immoral. | Grigory Rasputin |
| Marxism-Leninism | |
| he was a top bolshevik official, to negotiate for peace with the central powers. | Leon Trotsky |
| Lenin's plan, started in 1921, to allow limited capitalism, especially among farmers, in order to restore the Soviet economy? | New Economic Policy |
| he was a president, who did not want to be involved in the huge conflict on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. ? | Woodrow Wilson |
| submarines used by Germans in World Wars I and II ..? | U-boats |
| a telegram sent to a German official in Mexico prior to U.S. entrance into World War I; proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico ..? | Zimmerman Note |
| an agreement to cease fighting, usually in a war..? | Armistice |
| Fourteen Points | |
| Treaty of Versailles | |
| League of Nations | |
| Mandates | |
| Balfour Declaration |