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WWI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | extending the rule of authority of one country over other countries or territories to colonize them |
| Colonies | groups of people |
| Militarism | the empire competiting to create a strong military |
| Arms Race | a competition to create the best military equip |
| Nationalism | an ethnic group divided by politics; but believe and feel they should be united as a nation |
| Black Hand | Terrorists Bosnian Serbs who formed a terrorist group to assasinate Archduke Ferdinand |
| Alliances | when three or more groups of people join together for the protection of the military |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy |
| Triple Entente | Britian France Russia |
| Blank Cheque | document created by Kaiser Wilhelm saying that Germany will support any Austria-Hungary decisions |
| Ultimatum | Austria-Hungary said to Serbia to hand over the terrorist now or they would declare war |
| Schlieffen Plan | for Germany to go through Belgium to sneak attack the French |
| Two-front war | is where your arm has to split into two places to fight. |
| Ross Riffle | is a gun mad by Canadains but it would jam if got it dirty so it was not used. |
| Stalemate | it is where both do not have enough power to optain victory. |
| "no man's land" | is the strip of land inbetween the trenches |
| "Going over the top" | this was to go over the top of the trench in to "no man's land" to be shot at |
| Battles of Attrition | this is a type of war that is about outlasting the others. |
| Total war | where one place puts every thing in to supporting the war. |