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During WWI

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358978025SovietsRevolutionary counsels organized by socialists and formally known in the USSR0
358978026Allies and Associated PowersA term used to refer to the Triple Entente and all their colonies and allies1
358978027Influenza PandemicA mysterious,deadly, and short-lived disease that appeared after WWI2
358978028Influenza PandemicA disease that was able to use WWI to spread across the world and kill 20 million people3
358978029Triple AllianceThe alliance formed between Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany.4
358978030Central PowersThe name given to the nations in the Triple alliance5
358978031Triple AllianceThe losing side of the first world war6
358978032Ottoman EmpireThe great Empire that fell after WWI and was part of the Central Powers7
358978033mustard gasA poisonous gas invented by Germany to use in trench warfare.8
358978034mustard gasYellow gas that killed an exposed person in 4 to 5 weeks coupled with unbearable pain and decaying of the organs9
358978035Mustafa KemalA Turkish rebel who successfully ousted all foreign powers from Anatolia.10
358978036Mustafa KemalThe man who became president of the Ottoman Empire and made it into the Republic of Turkey11
358978037Fourteen PointsA doctrine that had ideas on how the world could achieve lasting world peace12
358978038Fourteen PointsDoctrine saying that there should open agreements on peace, constant freedom of seas, removal of all economic barriers, reduction in national armaments, and the formation of a unified organization consisting of the world's nations13
358978039League of NationsAn organization that consisted of many nations and is dedicated to world peace14
358978040League of NationsAn organization that was established through the Fourteen Points, but did not include the U.S.15
358978041League of NationsAn organization that relied on collective security, but had no military to enforce it's will of world peace and this is why it fell16
358978042Pan-SlavismA movement that desired the unity of all Slavs in one sovereign and independent nation.17
358978043Pan-SlavismA movement created by Russia in order to weaken Austria-Hungary's control on Serbia18
358978044Self-DeterminationThe idea that people with the same language, ethnic background, and political ideas should have the right to form sovereign states19
358978045Self-DeterminationAn ideology that inspired the fight for independence in many European controlled nations20
358978046Home FrontThe effectiveness of a nation's ability to mobilize and sustain it's military forces in a time of war.21
358978047Home FrontA battleground of it's own where a nation seeks to recruit more soldiers for war and gradually control society and industrialized production.22
358978048PetrogradThe city of St.Petersburg23
358978049PetrogradThe city where the Russian Revolution started. From here the military would join the workers revolt and overthrow the tsar of Russia24
358978050Paris Peace ConferenceA meeting at the end of WWI that laid out terms to be accepted by the defeated nations of WWI. Here the Treaties of Versailles, St.Germaine, and Trianon were outlined.25
358978051Tsar Nicholas IIThe last tsar to rule Russia. He was overthrown due to the starvation and oppression he put the Russian people through26
358978052Trench WarfareA form of warfare commonly used in Europe during WWI27
358978053Trench WarfareA tactic of digging a 5-foot trench to create an instant bunker. The only counter-measure at this time was to dig your own trench and kill those in the enemy trench.28
358978054Total WarWhen governments control the resources of their nation to win a war29
358978055Total WarWhen a nation attacks civilians of an enemy nation in order to harm their resources and production to win a war30
359012816Treaty of Brest-Litovskthe Treaty that pulled Russia out of WWI. Russia pulled out because of domestic problems (i.e. Russian Revolution)31
359012817Woodrow WilsonPresident of the U.S. during WWI32
359012818Woodrow WilsonCreator of the Fourteen Points33
359012819Woodrow WilsonA leader who desired world peace, peace without victory, and supported self-determination in many nations34
359012820Mandate SystemA policy that determined the fate of the German colonies in the Middle-East. It said that the nations in the middle-east were not yet capable of governing themselves in this modern world and had to be overseen and protected by an advanced nation35
359012821Mandate SystemArticle 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations36
359012822Mandate SystemA system that concealed European imperialism in the Middle-east. It arose after WWI and looked like the victorious nations splitting up their spoils of war37
359012823Treaty of VersaillesThe treaty that ended WWI38
359012824Treaty of VersaillesStated that Germany had to take full responsibility for WWI, pay all the war reparations, and could never build up their military again or ally with Austria39
359012825stalemateoccurs when two opposing nations are not having any victories and the war seems to slow, neither side nearing victory40
359012826stalemateThis occurred on in Europe between the French and Germans during WWI41
359012827Black HandThe terrorist organization in Serbia that was dedicated to uniting all Slavs by gaining independence from Austria-Hungary42
359012828Gavrilo PrincipThe assassin from the Black Hand that killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand43
359012829Triple EntenteThe alliance between Russia,France,and Britain. Formed to keep the balance of power with the Triple alliance44
359012830Eastern RebellionThe rebellion occurring in the Ottoman Empire led by Mustafa Kemal. It succeeded in ousting foreign powers from Anatolia and establishing the Republic of Turkey45
359012831nationalismThe belief that your nation is the best and has the right to rule other nations46
359012832nationalismThe main ideology that caused both World Wars47
359012833Western FrontThe area of WWI fought between Germany, France, and Belgium. After an initial invasion of France by Germany it resulted in a stalemate lasting the entire war at the River of Marne48
359012834LusitaniaAmerican ship sunk by German U-boats that caused the U.S. to enter WWI on the Allies side49
359012835BolsheviksThe radical wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party50
359012836BolsheviksThe political party in Russia that became communist and ruled Russia under Lenin and later Stalin51
359012837Schlieffan PlanA military maneuver made by Germany that called for a swift defeat of France then an all out defense against Russia. It ultimately failed52
359012838Vladimir LeninA Marxist Socialist who believed the people in a communist revolution need to be led by a political party53
359436307Vladimir LeninThe man who used the Petrograd Soviet to overthrow Russia's provisional government and make Russia Communist under his rule54
359436308Vladimir LeninThe man who proposed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in order to pull his country out of WWI55
359436309Twenty-One DemandsA list of demands that the Japanese sent to the Chinese government. If the demands were not met Japan would invade China56
359436310Twenty-One DemandsA document that showed that Japan was seeking to become an imperialist power in East Asia57
359436311Twenty-One DemandsA document, that if accepted by China, would make China an oppressed protectorate of Japan58
359436312No-man's LandThe area in between opposing trenches in Trench Warfare. It was littered with mines and barbed wire fences. Anyone who tried to cross it was cut down easily by machine gun fire59
359436313Archduke Francis FerdinandThe man whose death began WWI. He was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary but was assassinated in Serbia60

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