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17 Cards in this Set
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The cause of World War I: dangerous rivalries over colonies
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imperialism
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The cause of World War I: strong feelings of loyalty to country; ethnic desires for independence
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nationalism
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Cause of World War I: unrestrained build-up, by many nations, of armies and navies
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militarism
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Cause of World War I: numerous promises of mutual military aid; secret defense treaties
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entanglement of alliances
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German kaiser who suffered an injury during his birth that left him with a withered left arm
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Wilhelm II
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huge fine charged to a country to pay for war damages
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reparations
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Palestine (modern Israel) was a mandate of _____ after the war.
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Great Britain
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The most important nation not to join the League of Nations was ___.
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the United States
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The only part of Wilson's plan to preserve world peace to actually become part of the eventual peace settlement was ______
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The League of Nations
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Bulgaria, Bosnia, Serbia, Romania, and Greece were all part of the region known as the ______
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Balkan Peninsula
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Balkans
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peninsula of slavs between black and adriatic sea. part of decaying ottoman empire.
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city in Bosnia where the archduke was assasinated.
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Sarajevo
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Tripple ALliance
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Germany/Austria-Hungary/Italy
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emperor of the German Empire in 1914; forced Bismarck to resign; nephew to Queen Victoria and related to Romanovs; his dream is to build a great naval fleet.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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never publicized what the terms of the agreement were, but a treaty between France, Britain and Russia.
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Triple Entente
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cause of World War I; nations built up huge standing armies and used industrial might to arm and equip them
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Militarism
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heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne; was assassinated while on an official visit to Bosnis (Sarajevo)
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Archduke Francins Ferdinand
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