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history chapter 23
lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | the aggressive strengthening or armed forces |
| Imperialism | building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations |
| Nationalism | feelings of loyalty to ones nation |
| Archduke Francis Ferdinand | heir to Austria-hungry shot by a Serb that sparked WWI |
| Chancellor Otto Von Bismark and Kaiser Wilhelm | brought together German states to create Germany |
| Slavs | wanted to break away from Austria-Hungry and join the independent Slavic country of Serbia |
| Mobilize | prepare its military for war |
| Central Powers | alliance between Austria-hungry and Germany/ later Bulgaria and Ottoman empire joined |
| Allied Powers | France, Russia, Brittan, later US and Italy |
| First Battle of the Marrne | Sept. 3, french beat german |
| Western front | long battle in Mid September that was from the north sea to Switzerland |
| Trench Warfare | defending a position by fighting from the protection of edeep dictches |
| Tanks | armored combat vehicles that can cause heavy damage but cannot be destroyed easy |
| Airplanes | used to gather enemy location |
| Stalemate | a situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory |
| Battle of Verdun | longest battle of WWI, allies attacked along the Somme river |
| U-boats | launched torpedoes against allied supply ships causing heavy losses |