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World War I
Essential Vocabulary
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10th Grade
01/27/2012

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nationalism
Definition
pride for one's country
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imperialism
Definition
a superior nation overtaking a weaker nation
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militarism
Definition
glorifying war and preparing for it
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alliances
Definition
Agreements to help other nations in a military way
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Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy
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Triple Entente
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Great Britain, France, & Russia
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Central Powers
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Germany & Austria-Hungary (Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire)
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Allies
Definition
Great Britain, France, Russia, & Italy
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Western Front
Definition
Region in northern France where much fighting took place
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trench warfare
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Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield
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Schlieffen Plan
Definition
Germany's plan for winning the war on two fronts
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total war
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War in which countries use all their resources in war
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rationing
Definition
Control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have
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propaganda
Definition
One-sided information designed to persuade
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armistice
Definition
Agreement to stop fighting
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Fourteen Points
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Presidents Woodrow Wilson's plan for a just and lasting peace
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Treaty of Versailles
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Agreement at the end of WWI between Germany and the Allies
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League of Nations
Definition
International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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existentialism
Definition
This movement believed that there is no universal meaning to life
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surrealism
Definition
Art movement in which a dreamlike world outside of reality is portrayed
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jazz
Definition
Lively, loose form of popular music developed in the U.S.
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Lost Generation
Definition
The term used to refer to the generation that came of age during World War I. The term was popularized by Ernest Hemingway. This generation included artists such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, John Dos Passos, Waldo Peirce, Alan Seeger, and Erich Maria Remarque.
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psychology
Definition
The study of the mind
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depression
Definition
The term used to refer to a dramatic, worldwide economic downturn beginning in the late 1920s and lasting through most of the 1930s.
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inflation
Definition
An economics term used to refer a rise in prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
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Weimer Republic
Definition
The name given by historians to the federal republic and parliamentary representative democracy established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government.
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