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