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World War I
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6th Grade
05/03/2010

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Paris
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Capital of France
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Verdun
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Battle in which our text said 500,000 people died. (United Streaming said 1,000,000)
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Somme River
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Battle in which 20,000 British troops died in one day.
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Reparations
Definition
payment for war losses
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George Clemenceau
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French leader who disagreed on almost every point of Wilson's plan. He wanted Germany to never be able to attack again.
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Soviet Union
Definition
new country formed by Russia's communist leaders
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Treaty of Versalles
Definition
A compromise for peace containing both French and American ideas
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League of Nations
Definition
a group of countries that would work together to try to prevent future wars
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Wilhelm II
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leader of Germany in the 1890's. He insisted on building a big modern navy to compete with Great Brittan.
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy
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Triple Entente
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Russia, France, and Great Brittan
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Neutral
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A country that does not take sides
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Czar Nicholas II
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Ruler of Russia who believed his country should protect Serbia
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Sarajevo
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The capital of Bosnia
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Francis Ferdinand
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Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in Sarajevo
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Mobilization
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the preparations nations make before sending their armies into battle
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Western Front
Definition
front line of battle where the German army came to a standstill against French and British troops in France.
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Eastern Front
Definition
Battling between Germany and Austria-Hungary and Russia
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Allied Powers
Definition
The old Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia)plus Italy
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Central Powers
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Germany and Austria Hungary
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Communism
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an economic and social system in which all resources are owned by the government and led by a dictator
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Bolshevicks
Definition
Communists
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Lennin
Definition
Head of the communists who promised peace, bread, and land to all Russians
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Armistice
Definition
cease fire
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
President of the US who declared war on Germany
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Russian Revolution
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Broke out March 1917: Czar Nicholas II was forced to give up his thrown.
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Casualities
Definition
Wounded or dead soilders
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Lusitanian
Definition
A British passenger that was sunk by a German submarine.
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Trench Warfare
Definition
dug deep trenches, or ditches, to shelter their troops. They strung barbed wire in front to keep enemies out.
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Austria-Hungary
Definition
contained many different ethnic groups such as Poles, Czechs, and Slovaks. Their nationalism worried rulers.
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Three Causes of World War I
Definition
Battle for colonies (Imperialism), Alliances, Killing of Francis Ferdinant, Nationalism
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Reason the US joined World War I
Definition
The sinking of the Lusitanian and Germany promising land to Mexico if they sent troops
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Reasons for so many casualties
Definition
Trench Warfare, tanks, machine guns, submarines, poison gas
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