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22 Cards in this Set
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Triple Alliance |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
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Triple Entente |
France, Great Britain, Russia |
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conscription |
military draft |
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Serbia |
wanted Slavic state in the Balkans, Austria-Hungary didn't want that to happen. When archduke died, blamed Serbia |
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
heir to the Hapsburg throne in Austria-Hungary |
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Bosnia |
where the archduke and his wife were visiting/murdered (specifically sarajevo) |
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Gavrilo Princip |
murdered the archduke and his wife, member of the Serbian terrorist group the black hand |
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Emperor William II |
Emperor of Germany at that time |
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Czar Nicholas II |
Czar of Russia at the time |
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Mobilization |
The process of assembling troops and supplies for war |
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General Alfred von Schlieffen |
Came up with the Schlieffen Plan |
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propaganda |
ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause |
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Marne |
where the first battle between France and Germany took place just outside of Paris |
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trench warfare |
fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire |
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war of attrition |
a war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses |
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Gallipoli |
where the Allied powers tried to open a balkan front, but failed |
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Lawerence of Arabia |
a British officer who urged Arab princes to revolt against the Ottoman Empire |
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Admiral Holtzendorf |
Convinced Emperor William II to continue to use unrestricted submarine warfare |
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total war |
a war that involves complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all countries |
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planned economies |
economic systems directed by governmental agencies |
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Woodrow Wilson |
president of the U.S. at the time |
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Militarism |
Agressive preparation for war |
