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SC 7 WWI
SC 7-WWI
TERM | DEFINITION |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand | heir to Austria-Hungary thrown |
Vladimir Lennin | leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia |
nationalist group | groups of people who support nationalism and call for independence |
arms race | building up a large supply of armament (weapons), huge armies and navies to outdo rival nations |
alliance | agreement among nations to help each other if war breaks out |
mobilization | the assembly and movement of troops |
balance of power | when each side has equal power |
Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
Allied Powers | British Empire, France, Russia |
neutrality | policy of not taking sides |
front | a line along which opposing armies face each other |
trench warfare | lines of ditches from which soldiers fought |
civilian | non-military person |
propaganda | information designed to influence public opinion |
soviets | committees formed to represent workers in Russia |
Bolsheviks | radical socialist group in Russia in early 1900's |
militarism | fascination with the glory of war and the power of the military |
modern weapons of war | Airplanes, tanks, machine guns, poison gas, flamethrowers |
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand | The "spark" that started WWI |