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| Triple Entente, Allied Powers |
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| World War I alliance involving Britain, France, and Russia |
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| Triple Alliance, Central Powers |
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| World War I alliance involving Germany, Austria - Hungary, and Italy (who eventually switched powers and went to the Triple Entente) |
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| distribution of political and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong |
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-occuring from 1899 to 1902 between the British and the Boers (dutch farmers)
-began after the British tried to annex the Boer republics |
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| member of 1917 Russian Revolutionary group |
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| 1900, a group of boxers assaulted foreign communities across China |
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| economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit |
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| uniform system of justice, developed in england, based on court decisions that became accepted legal principles |
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| conference held in 1815 among european diplomats that had the prupose of restoring order and stability to europe |
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| the exchange of ideas, customs, goods, and technologies among cultures |
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| term for autocratic ruler of Russia; king. Russian word for "Ceasar" (Nicholas II, last czar of Russia) |
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| domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region |
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| Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
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| group of more than 40 countries formed after WWI with the foal of settling problems through negotiation, not war |
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| build up of ones army. one of the MAIN resons for the start of WWI. |
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| economic policy by which a nation sought to export more than it impoerted in order to build its national wealth |
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| legal code of napoleon that included many enlightenment ideas |
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| plan instituted by lenin in 1921 that privatized some industries |
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| a feeling of pride for your country |
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| conflict between Britain and China in 1839 over the opium trade |
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| the spreading of ideas to prmote a certain cause or to damage an opposing cause |
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| war occuring from 1904 to 1905 between Japan and Russia; won by Japan |
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| indian soldier serving in the army set up by the british or french east india companies |
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| rebellion fought by hindu and muslim sepoys against british rule in india in the mid-1800's |
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| coucil of workers and soldiers set up by russian revolutionaries in 1917 |
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| form of government in which a one party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of citizens |
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| the channeling of all of a nations resources into a war effect |
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| type of warfare in which troops dig trenches and fight from them |
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| movement of people to cities |
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| process of adopting western ideas or ways |
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