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W W I vocab
World War I
Vocabulary | Definition |
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World War I | First "world" war fought in Europe between the Allies of the Triple Entente and Centeral Powers of the Triple Alliance. |
Ottoman Empire | An Empire centered on Turkey that controlled much of the Middle East in the late 1800's. |
Alliances | When a country joins with another country against a 3rd country. |
Central Powers | The joint forces of Germany, Austria-hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and their allies in WWI. |
Trenches | Long ditches in the ground that made up most of the battel field in WWI. |
"No-Man's-Land" | The space between the two opposing sides trenche's. |
Russian Revolution | Early 1900's when the Russian people over threw their government and set up a new for of government. |
Treaty of Versilles | The treaty that was signed on June 28, 1919 to end WWII. |
Fourteen Points | President Woodrow Wilson's ideas to end all world wars. |
Isolationism | America's policy of non-involvment in European wars and avoidance of "entangling alliances". |
Great Depression | The economic decline during the 1930's that was the worst in the worlds history. |
New Deal | Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for getting the United States out of the great Depression. |
Democracy | Rule by the People. |
Communism | All property and all means of production belong to the people as a group. |
Lenin | This was the leader of the Bolsheviks or a Russian Communist. |