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