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17 Cards in this Set
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What were 3 reasons for tensions in Europe?
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1.Miltitarism
2.Nationalism 3.Imperalism |
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Policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.
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Militarism
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What made up the Triple Alliance?
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Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Germany
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What made up the Triple Entente?
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France, Russia, and Britian
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Who was shot on June 28, 1914 and triggered the war?
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The shooting Arche Duke Franz Ferdinand
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Who shot the Duke on June 14,1914?
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Gavrilo Princip
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to prepare for war
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mobilize
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German Empire
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Kaiser
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What made up the Central Powers
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Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire
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What made up the Allied Powers?
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France, Britian,and Russia
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This ended German hopes for speedy victory in the West
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Battle of the Marne
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neither side is strong enough to defeat the other side
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stalemate
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Wasteland of barbed wire and deadly land mines
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"no man's land"
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place where soilders spent after shelling the enemy
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trench warfare
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lasted 10 months and Germany lost 400,000 soilders
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Battle of Verdun
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spreading of ideas or beliefs
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Propaganda
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1,200 people died on this and this was sunk
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Lusititania
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