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World War 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Central Powers | The alliance made by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire prior to the war. |
| Triple Entente | The military alliance made by France, England, and Russia prior to World War 1. |
| Militarism | The massive buildup of new weapons of war due to industrialization and new inventions. |
| Alliances | The many entangled agreements made in order to prevent war that actually pulled many nations into a war they had no interest in. |
| Imperialism | The period of conquering foreign territory for natural resources and markets that produced many smaller wars and disagreements |
| Nationalism | Pride in your country’s interests and placing them above all others. This as a big movement in the 1800’s in Europe and led to feuds among nations. |
| Trench warfare | Bridges and tunnels connected various lines of trenches as there were interconnected trenches for retreating and moving to lines further back |
| No Man’s Land | - the area between the 2 trenches in which death was very likely due to machine gun fire and artillery. Soldiers were sent “over the top” into battle. |
| Treaty of Versailles | Agreement that blamed Germany for the war and severely punished Germany. Composed by the “Big 4” in France in 1919. |
| The Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson’s plan for a lasting peace in the world, created after WWI. |
| League of Nations | International organization proposed in Wilson’s 14 Points and in the Treaty of Versailles, but the US never joined. |
| Casualty | A person killed or wounded during war |
| Powder Keg/Balkan States | Refers to weapons but mean this very tense area in Europe |
| Self Determination | Creating new nations based on ethnic and nationalistic similarities |
| Demilitarized Zone | Land along the Rhine River that a natural barrier between Germany and France though Germany was vulnerable because they couldn't have armed troops there |
| Kemal Ataturk | Established Turkey as a state and replaced Islamic influences with modern and western influences |
| Mandates | When one country takes over governing of another country for the benefit of the people |
| 1917- Balfour Declaration | British would support the Jews establishing a state in Palestine |
| 1915- McMahon- Hussein Correspondence | British would support Arab independence in Middle Eastern territories if those territories revolted against the Ottoman Empire |
| Political radicals | people who wanted to make extreme changes dreamed of instituting new social and political systems, including Bolshevism (communism) |
| 1915- Sinking of the Lusitania | British Cruise boat sailing from New York to England was bombed by a German submarine (U-boat), killing 123 Americans |
| 1917- Zimmerman Telegram | USA intercepted a message from Germany to Mexico. Germany promised they would return land from the US to Mexico if Mexico joined the war and supported Germany |
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