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26 Cards in this Set
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Entente |
A non binding agreement to follow common policies. |
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Militarism |
Glorification of the military , Also helped to feed the arm race. |
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Alsace and lorraine |
French bitter 1871 default in France-prussian war and yearned to recover the lost boarder of provience |
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Ultimatum |
A final set of demands |
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Mobilized |
Prepare military forces for war |
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Neutrality |
A policy of supporting neither side of the war. |
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Stalemate |
A dead lock in which neither side is able to defeat the other |
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Zeppepins |
Large gas-filled balloons to bomb the english coast |
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U-boats |
Nickname after German word for submarines, unterseeboats did tremendous damage to the allie side |
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Convoy |
Groups of merchants who's ships protected by warships |
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Dardanelles |
A vital spirit connecting the black sea and the Mediterranean. |
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T.E. Lawrence |
Leaded gorilla raids |
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Total war |
Channing the nations entire resources into the war efforts |
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Conscription |
The draft |
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Contraband |
Military supplies and raw material needed to make military supplies, not items such as food and clothing. |
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Lusitania |
German submarine torpedoed the British linker |
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Atrocities |
Horrible acts committed against innocent people |
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14 points |
A list of terms for resolving this and future wars. |
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Self-determination |
The right of people to choice their own form b of government. |
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Armistice |
An agreement to end fighting with the allliences |
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Propaganda |
Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause |
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Pandemic |
Spread of a disease across a large area |
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Reparation |
Payment for war damage |
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Madical |
People who wanted extreme change dreaming of building new social order. |
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Collective security |
Group of national acts as one to preserve peace of all |
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Mandates |
Territories administration by western powers. |
