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world war 1
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Term | Definition |
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world war 1 | The war fought in Europe between the Allied Powers of the Triple Entente and the Central Powers of the Triple Alliance |
Ottoman empire | An empire centered on Turkey that controlled much of the Middle East in the late 1800s |
militarism | The policy of a country of glorifying military power and building a large army and navy |
alliances | When a country partners or joins with another country against a 3rd country. |
central powers | The joint military forces of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and their allies in WWI |
trenches | Long ditches that made up most of the battlefield in WWI |
"no-man's-land" | The space between the two opposing sides trenches |
Russian Revolution | The violent change of government from a czar to a communist state led by the Bolsheviks; |
treaty of Versailles | The document that was signed on June 28, 1919 to officially end WWI. One of the causes of WWII. |
fourteen points | President Woodrow Wilson’s ideas to prevent future world wars; introduced at Treaty of Versailles conference. |