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7-4.1--7-4.2 Review
Quick Overview of 7-4.1--7-4.2 (does NOT include all terms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | when a country takes over another country or people to gain access to its (their) natural resources and trade; one of the main causes of WWI |
| Nicholas II | Incompetent last Czar (ruler) of Russia; lost WWI, defeated by the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War, was murdered along with all his family in 1918 |
| Bolshevik Revolution | 1917 Revolution which overthrew the Czar, took Russia out of WWI, made Russia communist, and established the Soviet Union |
| Militarism | when a country’s military influences policy, often leading to aggressive foreign policy; one of the main causes of WWI |
| Zimmerman Telegram | in 1917, when the Germans promised Mexico it would get Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona back if they were on Germany’s side in the war; this angered many Americans |
| Fourteen Points | President Wilson’s plan to end WWI with peace without victory; Germany wanted this |
| Nationalism | the desire for a people to have self-rule; the belief that one’s country is better than others; the driving force or most important of the causes of WWI |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, his assassination in 1914 set off the chain of events that would lead to World War I |
| Wilhelm II | German Emperor (ruler) before and during World War I; he abdicated (gave up power) at the end of the war |
| Treaty of Versailles | Treaty ending WWI, blamed Germany for starting the war, greatly angering Germany |
| League of Nations | international body designed to enforce the Versailles Treaty and keep the peace; it failed |
| Trench Warfare | extremely deadly, horrible, and nasty form of war where two armies are stuck in trenches close to each other for long periods of time; it led to huge casualty rates on the Western Front during WWI |
| M.A.I.N. | acronym for the most important (main) causes of World War I; Militarism, secret Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism |
| Secret Alliances | secret agreements between countries that ended up getting almost all of Europe involved in WWI; one of the main causes of WWI |
| Ottoman Empire | Empire headed by Muslim, Ottoman Turks, centered in Turkey with holdings in the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa; it fought on Germany's side during WWI, lost, and was broken up after the war |
| Allied Powers | During WWI, this refers to Great Britain, France, Italy, the United States, Russia (until it quit the war) and Japan |
| the Rhineland | area between Germany and France with lots of German industry; it was temporarily occupied by France after WWI, angering the German people |
| Alsace-Lorraine | region which France and Germany both claimed and fought over; France took it back after WWI |
| Central Powers | During WWI, this refers to Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
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