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world terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| militarism | national policy of building and maintaining an army |
| nationalism | you country #1, wanting freedom |
| Imperialism | strong takes over weak |
| alliances | two or more countries join together for defense |
| Francis Ferdinand | heir to the Austrian throne who was killed by the Black Hand (led by Princip - Serb terrorist) |
| Triple Entente | France, Britain, Russia |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary |
| Schlieffen Plan | plan to defeat France quickly to avoid fighting on two fronts and Russia's full mobilization |
| Mobilization | preparing your country for war |
| Propaganda | ideas that are true and false used to gain peoples support |
| Attrition | each side trying to wear out the other side |
| Gallipoli | war where the Ottomans defeated British at first but then lost |
| Contraband | anything illegal |
| Lusitania | British passenger ship sunk by the Germans |
| Zimmerman Note | letter sent from Germany to Mexico, urging them to start a war with the US |
| Armstice | cease fire |
| Indemnities | cash payments (loser pays winner) |
| Reparations | loser pays winner |
| Self-determination | idea that a country chooses its gov |
| League of Nations | international peace organization |
| Dawes Plan | repayment schedule for Germany |
| BG Tilak | Indian nationalist who opposed British rule |
| Mohandas Ghandi | leader of Indian independence (nonviolence) |
| Dinshawai Incident | conflict between British soldiers and villagers because of hunting pigeons |
| Zionism | movement to return Jews to Palestine |
| McMahon Pledge | doc that promised Palestine to the Arabs |
| Balfour Declaration | promised Palestine to Jews |
| Herzi | founder of zionism |
| Pan Africanism | unite Africans around the world |
| Negritude Movement | encouraged pride Black culture in response to European racism |