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Valhalla High School Bentley AP World Ch. 34

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February Revolution   Russian uprising in 1917 against shortages and the mounting toll of World War I. Nicholas II abdicated the thrown, and a provisional government was established.   Abolished the Tsar system in Russia.   1917   show Russia  
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Gallipoli   World War I battle in which the British lead a disastrous attack on the Ottomans; the number of Allied casualties weakens loyalty between Britain and Canada, Australia, and New Zealand   show World War I   34   Ottoman Turkey  
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show Term made popular in World War I and World War II for the civilian "front" that was symbolic of the greater demands of total war.   Encouraged civilians to participate, unified people, encouraged total war.   World Wars I and II   34   All sides  
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show Term associated with the expansion of European powers and their conquest and colonization of African and Asian societies, mainly from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.   Ended after World War I   16th - 19th centuries   34   Western Powers controlling Africa and South America  
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Luisitania   British passenger liner sunk in 1915 that helped sway American opinion of the war.   show 1914   34   Britain and America  
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show Pre-World War I secret Serbian society; one of its members, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and provided the spark for the outbreak of the Great War.   This provided the begining of the Great War.   1918   34   Sarajevo  
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Bolshevik   Russian communist party headed by Lenin.   This was the party that overthrew the tsar of Russia   show 34   Russia  
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Central Powers   World War I term for the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire.   show 1914   34   Europe  
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Communism   Philosophy and movement that began in middle of the nineteenth century with the work of Karl Marx; it has the same general goals as socialism, but it includes the belief that violent revolution is necessary to destroy the bourgeois world   This was a philosphy that was important because all people couuld have an equal say in what they did for a living and proceeds of labor woud be shared, the poor and rich would be equal   Middle of 19th century   show Russia  
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Dreadnoughts   show This was significant because they overpowered all battleships.   1917   34   Made in Britain  
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Propaganda   show The belligerent nations of WWI extensively used propaganda to dehumanize enemies and promote nationalism   1914-1918   34   all nations participating in WWI  
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Lenin   Russian leader of the Bolshevik Party and promoter of Marxism.   Fought to promote communism in Russia, participated in both the February and October Revolutions   1870-1924   show Russia  
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Submarine Warfare   The use of subaquatic ships in marine warfare   show 1914-1918   34   Atlantic Ocean  
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Lusitania   show Although considered a legitimate target by international law, because it carried American citizens, began a series of events that entered America into WWI.   1915   34   Irish Coast  
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show The post-war meeting of WWI belligerents excluding the central powers.   Largely innefective and was dominated by the U.S, France and England. It was during this meeting that the infamous Treaty of Verailles was formulated.   1919   34   Paris, France  
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Self-determinism   Belief popular in World War I and after that every person should have the right to determine their own political destiny.   Often cited but ignored by the Great Powers   World War I   show Europe  
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Soviets   Russian elected councils that originated as strike committees during the 1905 St. Petersburg disorders; they represented a form of local self-government that went on to become the primary unit of government in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.   The term was also used during the cold war to designate the Soviet Union.   show 34   Russia  
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St. Petersburg   New capital built by Peter the Great in 1703. Known as the "window on the west," the city served as headquarters for the navy and government.   St. Petersburg is often argued to have the image of being the most Western European styled city of Russia.   1703   show Russia  
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Treaty of Versailles   show Ended World War I.   1919   34   France  
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League of Nations   First permanent international security organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.   The onset of the Second World War suggested that the League had failed in its primary purpose.   1919–1920   show Paris  
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