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55 Cards in this Set
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LONG-TERM CAUSE
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CAUSE THAT ESTABLISHES THE CONDITIONS FOR AN EVENT
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BALKANS
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REGION IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE WHERE ETHNIC NATIONALISM WAS STRONGEST BEFORE WWI
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BELLIGERENT NATION
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NATION FIGHTING A WAR
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POWDER KEG
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TERM FOR THE INTENSE STATE OF TENSION IN EUROPE JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR I
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NATIONALISM
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PRIDE & CONSCIOUSNESS IN ONE'S NATIONAL HERITAGE: ETHNIC, LANGUAGE, HISTORY, ETC.
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IMPERIALISM
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POLICY BY POWERFUL NATIONS TO ACHIEVE DOMINANCE OVER WEAKER TERRITORIES
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ETHNIC NATIONALISM
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DESIRE OF ETHNIC NATION TO RULE ITSELF
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SUPERIORITY NATIONALISM
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NATIONAL BELIEF THAT IT IS INHERENTLY SUPERIOR TO OTHER NATIONS
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SLAVIC
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ETHNIC CATEGORY THAT UNITES SERBS, RUSSIANS, POLES, ETC
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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
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MULTI-NATIONAL EMPIRE ON THE CENTRAL POWERS ALLIANCE IN WORLD WAR ONE
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SERBIA
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SLAVIC NATION WHOSE TERRORISTS BEGAN WWI BY ASSASSINATING FRANZ FERDINAND
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BLACK HAND
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SERB TERRORIST GROUP THAT BEGAN WWI BY ASSASSINATING FRANZ FERDINAND
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MOBILIZATION
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PREPARATION FOR WAR
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RUSSIAN EMPIRE
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MULTINATIONAL EMPIRE THAT FOUGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES IN WORLD WAR I
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SCHLIEFFEN PLAN
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GERMAN PLAN FOR WINNING A EUROPEAN WAR BY DEFEATING FRANCE QUICKLY
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MILITARISM
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POLICY OF DEVOTING MOST NATIONAL RESOURCES TO THE MILITARY
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CONSCRIPTION
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GOVERNMENT DRAFT
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ALLIES
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FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND THE US IN WORLD WAR I
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CENTRAL POWERS
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GERMANY AND AUSTRO-HUNGARY IN WORLD WAR I
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STALEMATE
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MILITARY SITUATION IN WHICH NEITHER SIDE CAN ACHIEVE ADVANTAGE ENOUGH TO WIN
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BATTLE OF THE MARNE
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SEPT. 1914 FIRST BATTLE OF WWI
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WESTERN FRONT
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455 MILE LINE OF TRENCHES IN EASTERN FRANCE IN WWI
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FRANZ FERDINAND
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HEIR TO THRONE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY WHOSE ASSASSINATION BEGAN WORLD WAR I
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BELGIUM
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NEUTRAL COUNTRY WHOSE INVASION BY GERMANY BEGAN WWI
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4-TRENCH SYSTEM
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IMPENETRABLE DEFENSIVE FORTIFICATIONS ON THE WESTERN FRONT
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OVER THE TOP
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SLANG TERM FOR OFFENSIVE ACTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT
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TOTAL WAR
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TERM REFERRING TO THE ENTIRE NATION DEVOTING ALL RESOURCES TO FIGHTING THE WAR
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STRAFE
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AERIAL MACHINE GUN ATTACK
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WAR BONDS
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LOAN TO GOVERNMENT FOR FIGHTING THE WAR
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RATIONING
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LIMITING CONSUMPTION TO RESERVE SUPPLIES FOR WAR
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NO MAN'S LAND
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LAND BETWEEN DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS (TRENCHES) ON WESTERN FRONT
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GENEVA CONVENTIONS
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RULES FOR WAR, TREATMENT OF PRISONERS, ETC.
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EASTERN FRONT
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TRENCH SYSTEM IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE IN WWI
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PROPAGANDA
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PERSUASION THAT TARGETS THE EMOTIONS
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LUSITANIA
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BRITISH SHIP SUNK BY GERMAN UBOATS
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ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
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1917 GERMAN TELEGRAM THAT BROUGHT US INTO WWI
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BIG FOUR
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VICTORS OF WWI (FRANCE, BRITAIN, ITALY, USA)AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
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PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
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1918-1919 CONFERENCE THAT WROTE THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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HARSHLY UNFAIR TREATY THAT ENDED WWI
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REPARATIONS
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WAR DEBT THAT GERMANY HAD TO PAY FOR LOSING WWI
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WAR GULT CLAUSE
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PART OF TREATY OF VERSAILLES THAT FORCED GERMANY TO TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR BEGINNING WWI
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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EMPIRE, NOW TURKEY, THAT FOUGHT FOR CENTRAL POWERS IN WWI
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING BODY FORMED AFTER WORLD WAR I
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1914
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YEAR THAT WORLD WAR I BEGAN
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1918
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YEAR THAT WWI ENDED
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1917
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YEAR THAT THE US ENTERED WORLD WAR I
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COUNTRIES THAT JOINED THE ALLIES
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FRANCE, BRITAIN ,USA, ITALY, RUSSIA
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COUNTRIES THAT JOINED THE CENTRAL POWERS
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GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, BULGARIA, OTTOMAN EMPIRE
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WAR OF ATTRITION
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WAR BASED ON WEARING ENEMY DOWN WITH COSTLY ATTACKES, HOPING THEY WILL RUN OUT OF MEN & MATERIEL FIRST
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GALLIPOLI
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WWI BATTLE NEAR CONSTANTINOPLE, WON BY CENTRAL POWERS
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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
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BRITISH OFFICER WHO LED REVOLT OF ARAB PRINCES AGAINST OTTOMANS IN WWI
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MATERIEL
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WAR EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
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CONSCRIPTION
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DRAFT
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PLANNED ECONOMY
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ECONOMY IN WHICH GOVERNMENT CONTROLS MOST ASPECTS OF ECONOMY
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CIVIL LIBERTIES
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INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS SUCH AS SPEECH, PRESS, ASSEMBLY, PETITION OF GOVERNMENT, ETC
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