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Honors WWI and Russi
Honors WWI and Russia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Franz Ferdinand | Archduke who was shot and was the spark of WWI |
| VI Lenin | Member of the Bolsheviks, exiled numerous times but kept coming back |
| No Man’s Land | Land between opposing trenches, barbed wire stopped attacks |
| Serbia | country that hosted the black hand, a terrorist group who was responsible for the assasination of archduke franz ferdinand causing WWI |
| Rasputin | Siberian Mystic who was invited to the court to help the boy that had the blood disease and had an affair with the czarina while czar Nicholas 2nd was on the front line. |
| Bolsheviks | a group of revolutionary Russians who took control of Russia’s government in November 1917 |
| Who attended the Paris Peace conference? (hint: the big four) | America, Great Britain, France, and Italy |
| League of Nations | An organization of different countries that come together and talk about how they can make the world a better place. |
| Totalitarianism | a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial |
| The triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy |
| Alexander III | (1881-1894) brutally represses the people with pogroms, censorship and secret police |
| What did women do during World War 1? | They prove that women can do the same roles as men shaping society's views for women. |
| Zimmerman Telegram | this was sent by Germany to encourage a Mexican attack against the US,they intercepted it in 1917 |
| Total War | countries devote all their resources to the war |
| Militarism | desire/glorification of war |
| Basic causes of WW1 | Militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism |
| Black Hand | Wanted to collapse Hungary to benefit Serbia |
| Powder Keg Of Europe | Balkans |
| Triple Entente | Alliance before the war of Britain,France, and Russia |
| Triple Alliance | Alliance before the war of Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy |
| Blank check | Germany saying Austria can declare war on Serbia and giving them total power |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to attack France and then turn around to face Russia |
| No Mans land | Land between trenches that are very dangerous and covered with barbed wire and gas |
| Life in the trenches | Bad, diseases, vermin, gas |
| Technology of WW1 | Tanks, Airplanes, poison gas, machine guns, and artillery |
| Who attended Paris Peace Conference | America, Britain, France, and Italy |
| Effects of Treaty of Versailles | League of nations, territorial losses, military restrictions, and war guilt |
| Central Powers | Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
| Blank check | what Germany sent to Austria Hungary basically saying they could do what ever they want to serbia and they would still have their backs |
| Zimmerman Telegraph | A telegraph sent to Mexico by Germany that told Mexico to invade the USA. The British intercepted the telegraph and the USA joined WW1. |
| New technology of WW1 | tanks, airplanes, poison gas, machine guns and artillery |
| Nationalism | Pride in one’s country. Often to an extreme amount. |
| The Triple Entente | An alliance made up of countries Britain, France, and Russia |
| Battle of Gallipoli | An attempt by the Allies to strike into Turkey to knock the Ottomans out of the war and supply Russia. |
| Battle of Verdun | A pointless battle, 10 months, 300,000 deaths, no territory change |
| No Man’s Land | between the trenches, barbed wire stopped attacks |
| Snipers | Constantly shot at soldiers and made it impossible to solute to officers.\ |
| Airplanes | Initially they were for surveillance, but eventually became fighter and bomber planes. |
| First Battle of the Marne | during the Schlieffen Plan. France is able to hold Germany back & help Russia get into the war Big head Brandon |
| Alliances | Unification of countries in a common cause. Causes WWI to be a much larger war |
| Zimmerman Telegram | Germany offered to help Mexico reconquer land in the US if they allied themselves with Germany. Intercepted by Britain |
| Big Four | America, Britain, France, Italy |
| War Guilt | Responsibility for the war was placed on Germany’s shoulders. They paid $33 million to the Allies as reparations |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | Led to the execution of the Czar and his family |
| Battle of Gallipoli | A battle where the British invaded the Ottoman Empire in hopes to knock them out of the war and get supplies to Russia. |
| Battle of Tannenberg | an important battle with trench warfare where the Germans defeated the Russians |
| 14 points | Woodrow Wilson suggests for long-lasting peace |
| Communism | a society that is classless, and strongly focuses on necessary production. It also focuses on common ownership. |
| Battle of the somme | first battle with the use of tanks. |
| Bolshevik slogan | “Peace, land, and bread” |
| Nicolas II | The Russian czar during WW1 that helped improve some economics but was mostly hopeless. |
| Legacy of WW1 | new technologies, around 15.5 million people dead, drained treasuries, despair and disillusionment, peace agreement created anger. |
| Women's role | took over the men's jobs and served as nurses |
| Total war | countries devoted all of their resources to the war effort. |
| Why the U.S. got involved? | Zimmerman telegram, and german unrestricted submarine warfare |
| Gallipoli campaign | effort of the allies to take the dardanelles |
| Allied Powers | russia,france,great britain,serbia |
| Who was the “Powder Keg of Europe”? | The Balkans |
| How did WW1 lead to the Russian Revolution | Russia used a lot of resources in WW1 which lead to poor economics |
| 5 year plans | Plans outlined by Joseph Stalin 1928 for the soviet unions economy. |
| Czar/Tsar | Leaders of Russia |
| League of Nations | international peace organization excluding enemies such as Germany and Russia.z |
| Day WW1 ended | Armistice day |
| How did Russia perform in WWI? | Poorly. |
| Countries made | Yugoslavia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Germans used submarines in the wrong way, destroying ships with civilians on them. |
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