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| 13751924389 | Imperialism | It was the idea that a country should expand its sphere of influence as much as possible. It was linked to colonialism because imperialist countries tried to conquer and/or colonize other weaker countries as much as possible. | 0 | |
| 13751933792 | Morrocan Crisis | It was a conflict over Morocco where German actions provoked Britain and France. The Kaiser arrived in Morocco to declare support for them, for the purpose of provoking France (who owned part of Morocco). This increased tensions between countries before WWI. | 1 | |
| 13751938776 | Schlieffen Plan | Attack plan by Germans, proposed by Schliffen, lightning quick attack against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France, Belgium resisted, other countries took up their aid, long fight, used trench warfare. | 2 | |
| 13751952972 | HMS Lusitania | This British liner was sunk in 1915, by German U-Boats, causing Wilson to issue a stern warning to the Germans, telling them not to attack unarmed vessels "without warning". | 3 | |
| 13751956988 | Vladimir Lenin | Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917, then returned to Russia to lead the Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed. | 4 | |
| 13751962639 | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | Treaty in which Russia lost substantial territory to the Germans. This ended Russian participation in the war (1918). | 5 | |
| 13751970774 | The 14 points | President Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post World War I Europe and for avoiding future wars. | 6 | |
| 13751980685 | Weimar Germany | german governement after WWI | 7 | |
| 13751992624 | Treaty of Versailles (1919) | Treaty that ended World War I; it was much harder on Germany than Wilson wanted but not as punitive as France and England desired. It was harsh enough, however, to set stage for Hitler's rise of power in Germany in 1930s. | 8 |
