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World War One
All vocabulary terms associated with World War 1
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10th Grade
01/27/2012

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Militarism
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The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war.
*Having large and strong standing army makes people feel patriotic
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Triple Alliance/Central Powers
Definition
Military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy during WW1
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
Definition
Leader of Germany during WW1, forced Otto Von Bismarck to resign, wanted Germany to make a Navy to rival that of Britain's
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Triple Entente/Allied Powers
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Military alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia during WW1
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League of Nations
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The international association formed after WW1 with the goal of keeping the peace among nations.
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The Balkans
Definition
Austria-hungary and Russia fought over this area, both wanted to imperialize the Balkans.

*The powder keg that started WW1
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Pan Slavism
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Attempt to unify the Slavs, create nationalism
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total war
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all of their resources to the war effort.
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trench warfare
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A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battle field.
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Eastern Front
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In WW1, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians and Turks.
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship found in enemy waters
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propaganda
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Information or material spread in advance to cause or do damage to an opponents cause
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armistice
Definition
An agreement to stop fighting
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fourteen points
Definition
A series of proposals in which US President Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving peace after WW1
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
The peace treaty signed by Germany and the allied powers after WW1
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Sinking of the Lusitania
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*British ship torpedoed by the Germans, 128 Americans die
*One of the reasons the USA ends their neutrality and enters WW1
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition
His assassination leads to WW1.
*Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, Serbian who was part of the Black Hand
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nationalism
Definition
Pride in ones nation,loyalty to ones nation
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imperialism
Definition
A policy in which strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially
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Stalemate
Definition
A deadlock in war
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Types of new weapons used in WW1
Definition
1. Submarines
2. tanks
3. machine guns
4. airplanes (used for spying)
5. poisonous gas (mustard gas)
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Trench Warfare
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A new type of fighting used in WW1. Trenches had lots of disease, rats, soldiers ate their, slept there and could not get a lot of fresh food. Very bad conditions, led to a lot of deaths.
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Zimmerman Note
Definition
Note sent from Germany to Mexico. Asks Mexico to attack the USA. If the Triple Alliance wins, Mexico will be able to get the land back that they lost to the USA

*One of the reasons the US enters WW1
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Otto Von Bismarck
Definition
Leader of Germany, his distrust of France after the Franco-Prussian war leads to his creation of the Triple Alliance
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The Black Hand
Definition
An underground Serbian society whose goal was to kill Archduke Ferdinand
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