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Chp.27 - Great War
Term / Definition
Term | Definition |
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triple alliance | an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy in the late 1800's. |
triple entente | an alliance between France, Russia & Great Britain in the late 1800's. |
Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary whose assassination by Serb nationalist started World War 1. |
Gavrilo Princip | Serbian nationalist; he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, which started Wold War 1. |
neutral | in a war, not aiding either side. |
central powers | the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary & the Ottoman Empire during World War 1. |
allied powers | the alliance formed between Britain, France & Russia during World War 1. |
western front | during World War 1, the deadlocked region in northern France where German and Allied armies faced off. |
trench warfare | a form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches to see protection from enemy fire and to defend their positions. |
total war | a war that requires the use of all a society's resources. |
propaganda | information such as posters and pamphlets created by governments in order to influence public opinion. |
Battle of Verdun | the longest battle of World War 1 ; it ended in stalemate with both sides suffering hundreds of thousands of casualties. |
Gallipoli Campaign | failed attempt by the Allies in World War 1 to take control of the Dardanelles. |
genocide | the killing of the entire people. |
Bolsheviks | Marxists whose goal was to seize state power and establish a dictatorship of the proletariat, Soviet Communists. |
Grigory Rasputin | a self-proclaimed Russian holy man and prominent figure at the court of Czar Nicholas ll. He was viewed as corrupt and support figure for czarist Russia deteriorated because of him. |
Marxism-Leninism | the political & economic philosophy of the Bolsheviks, en-pounded by Vladimir Lenin which looked to an uprising of the proletariat that would abolish private property and enforce social equality. |
Leon Trotsky | Russian communist revolutionary; he negotiated the peace between Russia and the central powers to end Russian involvement in World War 1. |
New Economic Policy | Lenin's plan, started in 1921 to allow limited capitalism, especially among farmers in order to restore the Soviet economy. |
Woodrow Wilson | 28th president of the United States; he proposed the League of Nations after World War 1 as a part of his fourteen points. |
u-boats | submarines used by Germans in World War 1 and ll. |
Zimmermann Note | a telegram sent to a German official in Mexico prior to U.S. entrance into World War 1; proposed an alliance between Germany & Mexico. |
armistice | an agreement to cease fighting, usually in a war. |
fourteen points | president Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post- World War 1 Europe and for avoiding future wars. |
Treaty of Versatiles | treaty ending World War 1; required Germany to pay a huge war reparations and established the League of Nations. |
league of nations | an international body of nations formed after World War 1 to prevent any future wars. |
mandates | territories once part of the Ottoman Empire that the League of Nations gave to other Europeans powers to rule after World War 1. |
Balfour Declaration | a statement issued by the British foreign secretary in favor of establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine. |