145173063 | Archduke Ferdinand | Heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination in Sarajevo started World War I | 0 | |
145173064 | armistice | a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | 1 | |
145173065 | Ataturk | Also known as Mustafa Kemal; leader of Turkish republic formed in 1923; reformed Turkish nation using Western models | 2 | |
145173066 | Balfour Declaration | British minister Lord Balfour's promise of support for the establishment of Jewish settlement in Palestine issued in 1917 | 3 | |
145173067 | Battle of Gallipoli | Battle on (name of battle) Peninsula, allies lost to central powers over Constantinople | 4 | |
145173068 | Battle of the Marne | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918 | 5 | |
145173069 | Big Four | Woodrow Wilson (US president), Georges Clemenceau (French premier), David Lloyd George (British prime minister), Vittorio Orlando (Italian prime minister) | 6 | |
145173070 | blank check | Germany swears to support Austria-Hungary in any actions it takes against Serbia | 7 | |
145173071 | Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire | 8 | |
145173072 | Eastern front | Most mobile of the fronts stablished during World War I; lacked trench warfare because of length of front extending from the Baltic to southern Russia; after early successes, military defeats led to downfall of the tsarist government in Russia | 9 | |
145173073 | Gamal Abdul Nasser | Took power in Egypt following a military coup in 1952; enacted land reforms and used state resources to reduce unemployment; ousted Britain from the Suez Canal zone in 1956 | 10 | |
145173074 | Ho Chi Minh | Also known as Nguyen Ai Quoc; led Vietnamese Communist party in struggle for liberation from French and U.S. dominance and to unify north and south Vietnam | 11 | |
145173075 | Indian National Congress Party | Came from regional associations of Western-educated Indians; originally centered in cities of Bombay, Poona, Calcutta, and Madras; became political party in 1885; focus of nationalist movement in India; governed through most of postcolonial period | 12 | |
145173076 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War; reigned from 1888-1918; pushed for more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain; actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe | 13 | |
145173077 | mandates | Governments entrusted to European nations in the Middle East in the aftermath of World War I; Britain occupied Iraq and Palestine, while France occupied Syria and Lebanon after 1922 | 14 | |
145173078 | Mohandas Gandhi | Philosopher from India; a spiritual and moral leader, favored India's independence from Great Britain; practiced passive resistance, civil disobedience and boycotts to generate social and political change | 15 | |
145173079 | pan-African | Organization that brought together intellectuals and political leaders from areas of Africa and African diaspora before and after World War I | 16 | |
145173080 | self-determination | Right of people in a region to determine whether to be independent or not | 17 | |
145173081 | The Great War | Global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers from 1914 to 1919. | 18 | |
145173082 | Treaty of Versailles | Treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans | 19 | |
145173083 | trench warfare | Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in WWI | 20 | |
145173084 | Triple Alliance | Alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end of the 19th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to World War I | 21 | |
145173085 | Triple Entente | Alliance among Britain, Russia, and France at the outset of the 20th century; part of European alliance system and balance of power prior to World War I | 22 | |
145173086 | Tsar Nicholas II | Last Tsar of Russia and end of the Romanov line; executed along with the rest of his family under the order of Lenin; in WWI ordered a partial mobilization against Austria-Hungary, forcing a chain reaction of mobilization | 23 | |
145173087 | Western front | Front established in World War I; generally along line from Belgium to Switzerland; featured trench warfare and horrendous casualties for all sides in the conflict | 24 | |
145173088 | Woodrow Wilson | 28th President of the United States, led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924) | 25 | |
145173089 | Zionism | Movement originating in eastern Europe during the 1860s and 1870s that argued that the Jews must return to a Middle Eastern holy land; eventually identified with the settlement of Palestine | 26 |
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