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Lusitania
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A ship that sparked a series of attacks on America
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Machine gun
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A stationary gun that shoots very rapidly
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Manfred von Richtofen
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A pilot who made prominent contributions in enemy body counts.
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Marne, Battles of the
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The first battles of World War I. Sept 5 - Sept 12
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Militarism
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Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class.
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Nationalism
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Patriotism
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Nationalization
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A government action in which the government make a piece of private property a property of the government.
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Poison gas
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Three kinds of gases - lachrymators, asphyxiants, and blistering agents.
Lachyramators can be likened to tear gas and mace. Asphyxiants are, by definition the poisonous gases. includes chlorine. Blistering agents inflict on parts of the body, but is not limited to, eyes, lungs, and skin in general. Gas masks could not keep wearers safe from this. |
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Propaganda
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Media used to motivate people to join the army.
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Railroad
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A railway that a train runs on.
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Rationing
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The preserving of supplies for soldiers on the front
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Reparations
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The making of amends for wrong or injury done
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Russia
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Part of the allied forces. Withdrew midway through the war. Penalized for this via the loss of western land which later became Norway and that group of countries.
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Russian Revolution
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A coup d'etat which resulted in Russia becoming a Communist state.
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Rupert Brooke
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English poet. Author of upbeat poem "The Soldier." Died in 1915 of sickness.
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Schlieffen Plan
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The plan in which, while Russia, the slow one, prepared for war, Germany would attack the faster country France.
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Serbia
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The starting point of the war.
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Battle of the Somme
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One of the more brutal, western front battles that resulted in a stalemate.
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Subsidies
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When People receive money from the government for providing supplies the army is in short supply of.
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Tank
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An armored vehicle mounted with a cannon.
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Battle of Tannenberg
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Battle between Russia and Germany. Germany won.
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Taxes
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Main means of funding the war for governments
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T.E. Lawrence
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Leader of several raiding parties on Turks.
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Total War
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When all supplies are devoted to the front line.
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Trench warfare
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combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
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Triple Alliance
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Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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Triple entente
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Alliance of Britain, France, and Russia.
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Tsar Nicholas II
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Acting tsar during World War I
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Turkey
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Country south of Russia. Part of triple alliance. Had control of Dardanelles
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4.Cooperative Group
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To enable members to engage in a group activity which facilitates free expression of ideas and feelings.
To develop sense of trust, love and belonging, and cohesion. To enable members to identify and meet socio-emotional needs. *Acts as an advisor members and leaders share equal responsibility |
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United States
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Joined the war late, only because of attacks on Lusitania among other attacks on passenger ships and the zimmerman telegram.
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Verdun, Battle of
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Arduous western front battle. Lasted close to a year
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Lenin
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Leader of Bolschevik regime, implemented a Communist system in Russia.
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Western front
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A deadlock between Germany and France.
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Wilfred Owen
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Poet of grim poem
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Woodrow Wilson
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President of the United States at the time of WWI
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Ultimatum
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A proposal in which one states a consequence if one does not follow the condition(s)
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Treaty of Versailles
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A treaty in which Germany, Russia, and Austria Hungary were punished.
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Zimmerman Telegram
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A telegram delivered to the Mexican government in which, if they help Germany, then Germany will help regain land lost in the war of 1812.
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
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When submarines are allowed to attack anything they want.
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Franklin Roosevelt
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President at the time of the Great Depression. The New Deal, a plan to get out of the Great Depression, was drawn up while he was in office.
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inflation
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When the value of a currency decreases.
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Supply
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To provide
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Unemployment
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A predominant theme during the Great Depression. When a certain amount of people didn't have jobs or income.
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vicious cycle
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Something happens, it makes something else bad. That thing that has become bad makes the first thing, in a near-never ending cycle, even worse.
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virtuous cycle
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When one thing makes something else good. It then makes the first thing good, causing it to be in a near-never ending cycle.
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Weimar republic
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The republic in Germany that was established in 1919 and ended in 1933.
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"Black shirts"
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Fascist thugs that beat the crap out of opposing party members at rallies.
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Adolf Hitler
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Mastermind behind the Holocaust, which was the cause of the deaths of six million Jews. Wrote Mein Kampf in prison. Very uneducated. Didn't even get into art school
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Benito Mussolini
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Leader of the Fascist party of Italy. In 1945, tried to escape by disguising himself as a soldier.
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Fascist
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A member of a political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism.
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Lebenstraum
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Literally "Living space."
One of Hitler's goals as the leader of one of the smallest countries in Europe. |
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Nazi Party
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The fascist policies of the National Socialist German Workers' party, based on totalitarianism, belief in racial superiority, and state control of the industry.
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Scapegoat
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When someone blames their failures on another person for no reason
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SS
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The secret police of Germany. The enforcers of the law.
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"Island hopping"
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Douglas Macarthur's plan to pierce into enemy territory and cut off supply lines.
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1 September 1939
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First day of the Poland invasion
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7 December 1941
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Day that Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan
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Appeasement
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The act of giving someone what they want so that they will stop badgering for it.
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Ardennes Forest
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One of the fakes Germany pulled. Actually attacked from the north.
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Winston Churchill
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Leader of the British military
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"Final Solution"
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A plot that involved the deaths of people who were not of any use.
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Race struggle
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When two races fight amongst each other.
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Adolf Eichmann
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Man who suggested Zyklon B poison gas. Higher up Nazi official.
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Anti-Judaism
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A movement against the Jews as a "race." No good reason
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Anti-Semitism
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A movement against the semites, such as Jews and Arabs. No good reason.
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Argentina
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Adolf Eichmann fled here, as it had a fascist government as well.
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Aryan
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The "superior race" according to Hitler. Characterized by blonde hair and blue eyes.
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Auschwitz
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A Nazi death camp that killed six thousand Jews a day with Zyklon B poison gas.
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Einsatzgruppen
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Hitler's execution squads. Primary task was to annihilate the Jews, gypsies and soviet police commissars.
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atomic bomb
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There were two. One was dropped on Nagasaki and the other was dropped on Hiroshima.
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Balkans
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The regions of southeastern Europe now occupied by Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of Turkey, and the former republics of Yugoslavia.
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Battle of Britain
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A series of battles between German and British air forces, fought over Britain in 1940-1941
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Battle of Stalingrad
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a 1942-1943 battle of World War II, in which German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union
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Battle of the Bulge
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A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.
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Bernard Montgomery
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Lead British forces in the battle of El Alamein
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Blitz
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German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII
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Caucasus Mountains
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Location of Russian oil deposits. In operation Blue, Germans attack this location.
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