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55 Cards in this Set
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Nationalism
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A deep devotion t one's nation.
Can serve as a unifying force within a country. |
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Imperialism
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Competing for colonies.
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Militarism
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A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war. STRONG STANDING ARMY.
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Otto Von Bismarck
Denmark, Austria, France |
Inified Germany.
Responsible for 3 wars. |
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Triple Alliance
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A military alliance b/t Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy.
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Kaiser Wilhelm 2
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Became ruler of Germany & FORCED Bismarck to resign.
he wanted to make sure germany had colonies too. |
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Triple Entente
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A military alliance b/t Great Britain, France, and Russia.
Like a FRIENDLY agreement. |
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Balkans
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Peninsula. South eastern corner of Europe. Home to assortment of ethnic groups.
Known as the "powder keg" |
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Ottoman Empire
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Included the Balkans.
Was in a rapid decline. |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Paid a visit to Sarajevo.
Was shoot at point blank range as they rode through the street. |
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Gavrilo Princip
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A 19 year old Serbian and a member of the black hand. Killed ferdinand.
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Sarajevo
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The capital of Bosnia.
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The black hand
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A secret society committed to ridding bosnia of austrian rule.
(underground) |
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Central powers
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The nations of Germany and Austria-hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side.
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Allies (Allied powers)
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Opposite the Central powers.
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Schlieffen Plan
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Germany's military plan at the outbreak of ww1, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack russia.
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Western Front
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The resign of NORTHERN FRANCE where the forces of the Allies and the Central powers battled each other.
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Battle of the Marne
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The defeat of the Germans left the Schlieffen plan in ruins.
Most important event of the war. (taxi cabs) |
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trench warfare
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Where they fight each other from tranches dug in the battle field. Used on western front.
defense was better then offense. |
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No man's land
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the space b/t the opposing trenches.
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Military improvements
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new tools of was, machine guns, poison gas, armored tanks, larger artillery.
Killed greater numbers of ppl more effectively. |
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Battle of Verdun
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Germans attack on France. (western front)
Where each side lost about 300, 000 men. Gained 4 miles of land...xD |
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Battle of Somme
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British attacked the Germans.
Northwest of Verdun. Introduced the tank. Gained 5 miles...xD |
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Eastern Front
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Region along the German and Russian border where the russians & serbs battle Germans, Austrians, and turks. WAS MORE MOBILE.
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Battle of Tannenberg
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Russian planned to attack both Austria & Germany.
Germany counterattacked HERE. & drove russian into a full retreat. |
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Problems w/ Russia's army
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Short on food, guns, ammunition, clothes, boots, & blankets.Limited b/c of Germans control over the Baltic Sea.
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Militray Aviation
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introduced airplane warfare.
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The gallipoli Campaign
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The effort to take the Dardanelles strait began in Feb 1915.
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Dardanelles
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Resigns in the Ottoman Empire.
Controls axcess to Stambul. |
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Mohandas Gandi
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Indian Political leader.
Supported Indian participation in the war. Leader of independent movement. COLLECTS SALT. |
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship, including neutral ships & unarmed passenger liners found in an enemy's waters.
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U-Boat
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German submarines
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Woodrow Wilson
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Responsible for the
14 POINTS. League of Nations. Part of the BIG FOUR. |
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Zimmerman Note
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A telegram which was intercepted was written my him.
Proved as the last straw. |
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Total War
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
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Rationing
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The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy. Often imposed by govt. during wartime, when goods are in short supply.
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Propaganda
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Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause.
(Promote own cause or to damage the enemies.) Used to recruit troops;uilify enemies;create support for the economy. |
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Women of WW1
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1000s of woman replaced men in factories, offices, & shops. Women built tanks and munitions, plowed fields, paved streets, & ran hospitals. They also kept troops supplied with food, clothing, & weapons.
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Czar Nicholas 2
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Russian czar.
LAST czar. Was forced to step down from power. |
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Provisional Govt
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A temporary government assembled during times of change.
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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Communist leader.
Seized power in 1917. Insisted on ending countries involvement in the war. One of his 1st acts was to offer Germany a truce. (1st person to rule the soviet union!!!!) |
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Treay of Brest-Lituvsk
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Signed on March 1918, which ended the war b/t Germany and Russia.
Signed by Lenin. |
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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Communist leader.
Seized power in 1917. Insisted on ending countries involvement in the war. One of his 1st acts was to offer Germany a truce. |
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Armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting.
Signed on 11/11/1918 On a railway near Paris. |
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Foch
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A marshal.
French commander. Who signed the Armistice. |
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Georges Clemenceau
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OPPOSITE OF WILSON
Part of BIG FOUR of FRANCE. Nicknamed Tiger. |
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David Lloyd George
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Part of the BIG FOUR. Of Great Britain.
Represented Britain at the PARIS PEACE TREATY |
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Vittoria Orlando
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Less important of the BIG FOUR. Of Italy.
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14 points
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Made by Woodrow Wilson.
A plan for achieving a lasting peace after WW1. |
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Self-Determination
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The guilding ideas behind the points. Meant allowing people to decide for themselves under what govt they wish to live.
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Treaty of Versalles
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A treaty signed by Germany & the Allied powers after WW1.
5 years after Ferdinand's death. Created a League of Nations. Punished Germany. |
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League of Nations
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An international association formed after WW1 with the goal keeping peace among the nations.
Some nations excluded. |
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Reparations
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Money paid by a defeated nation to pay for the damage or injury during a war.
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Mustard
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Worst kind of gas used in WW1.
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Red Baron
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Greatest aviator, plane builder, for the Germans.
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