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World War 1
Stack #137094
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 4 causes of ww1 | militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism |
| Triple alliance | b/w germany, aus-hung, Italy |
| Triple entente | b/w Great Britain, France, Russia |
| why Armenian Genocide | turks killed tons of armenians due to demand of freedom |
| reaction of armenian genocide | armenians pledged support of turkish enemies, so turks deported nearly 2 million |
| Balkans | home to assortment of ethnic groups, known as powder keg (due to history of clashes) |
| Franz Ferdinand | Archduke of Aus-hung. , |
| Lost Genration | Generation reaching maturity after WW1, lots were killed |
| Stalemate | further action seems impossible by both parites |
| Western Front | deadlocked region in northern france |
| Eastern Front | region along german-russian border where russians/serbs battled germans austrians and turks |
| Schlieffen plan | germans would go to west to fight french and then straight back to russia to fight |
| Central Powers | Germany austira-hungary, Italy |
| allies | brits, french, russians anad later italy and japan |
| Trench Warfare | opposing armies fight from trenches in battlefield |
| No Man's Land | disputed land between two trenches |
| New Technologies of the War | poison gas, machine gun, tank, airplane, submarine |
| T.E. Lawrence | british soldier known for mediating role |
| Gallipoli campaign | allies effort to seize the dardanelles strait, Austria |
| Total War | devoting all resources to war |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | using submarines to sink any ship found in enemy's waters |
| Lusitania | a regular british service cruise that was sunk without warning |
| Zimmerman note | pushed U.S. to join war, Germany stated they would aid mexico in regaining land |
| Impact on Women | women worked in "men's jobs" and got troops supplies |
| armistance | agreement to stop fighting, ended ww1 |
| Woodrow Wilson | U.s. rep. who wrote fourteen points |
| Fourteen Points | proposals for just and lasting peace |
| Treaty of Versailles | compromise between Germany and allied powers |
| League of Nations | international peace organization of allied and 32 neutrals, excluded germany and russia |
| how much was germany forced to pay allies under war guilt? | $33 billion in reparations |
| Self-determination | supported rights of all nations and colonies to be free |
| russia's withdrawl | romania/poland gained territory |
| bolsheviks | revolutionary russian marxists who took control of russian governement |
| lenin | leader of Bolsheviks |
| Soviet | local councils of workers peasants and soldiers |
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