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World War I
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History
10th Grade
11/19/2008

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Term
Gavrilo Princip
Definition
Serbian man who shot and killed Archduke Ferdinand and his wife
Term

The Big Three

Definition

Woodrow Wilson (28th President of the United States)

David Lloyd George (PM of Great Britain)

George Clemenceau (PM of France)

 

Powers behind the Treaty of Versailles

Term
Treaty of Versailles
Definition

Treaty ending WWI

 

signed at the Palace of Versailles (France)

 

Germany was not invited

Term
Allied Powers
Definition

Great Britain

Russia

France

Italy

Japan

United States (not until 1917)

and many smaller countries

Term
Central Powers
Definition

Austria-Hungary

Germany

Ottoman Empire

Bulgaria

Term
Triple Entente
Definition

Great Britain

Russia

France

Term
Triple Alliance
Definition

Austria-Hungary

Germany

Italy

Term
Militarism
Definition
belief in a strong military to protect your country
Term
Nationalism
Definition
strong sense of pride in your country (nation)
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Imperialism
Definition

One nation's authority and dominance over another

 

"Empire building"

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Alliances
Definition
An OFFICIAL agreement between countries
Term
League of Nations
Definition

Group of nations formed after WW I to solve disputes

 

suggested by Wilson (US) but the US never joined

Term

 

Why did the League of Nations fail?

Definition

Could not enforce rulings

 

United States did not join

Term
Mandate System
Definition
system of governing colonies of defeated powers
Term
What SINGLE event is said to cause WW I?
Definition
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Term

What was the importance of the Battle of the Somme?

Definition
WW I battle where tanks were first used
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What was the importance of the Battle of Ypres?

Definition
WW I battle where poison gas was first used (by the Germans)
Term
Trench warfare
Definition
military strategy of digging miles of trenches to fight from
Term
Germany's problems with the Treaty of Versailles
Definition

They were the only Central Power punished for the war

 

Their military was greatly restricted

 

They lost all their colonies

 

They had to pay millions in reparations

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