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13187702556Franz FerdinandAustrian Archduke whose assassination (1914) was the immediate cause of World War I0
13187703628Pan-SlavismA 19th-century movement that stressed ethnic and cultural kinship of the various Slav peoples of Eastern and East central Europe and that sought to unite those peoples politically1
13187703629Triple EntentePre - World War I alliance of England, France, and Russia2
13187705369Total WarFor the first time in history, belligerent nations engaged in this type of war3
13187705370Tsar Nicholas IIWas the last Emperor of Russia (1894-1917)4
13187708889No Man's LandLand that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty5
13187710055Home FrontTerm made popular in World War I and World War II for the civilian "front" that was symbolic of the greater demands of total war6
13187710056LeninFounder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state.7
13187711676"Peace, Land, Bread"The Bolsheviks capitalized with effective slogans such as "All Power to the Soviets" and, this most famous slogan. The Russian peasants and working class gravitated towards this message.8
13187711677LusitaniaA British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war9
13187713102Weimar RepublicThe Government of Germany from 1919 to 193310
13187715093Big FourRefers to the four countries that were allied together in WWI. The countries were the U.S. represented by President Wilson, England represented by David Lloyd George, France represented by Georges Clemenceau, and Italy represented by Vittorio Orlando11
13187715094Treaty of Versailles1919 Treaty that officially ended World War I; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II12
13187716334League of NationsDeclaration by U.S. President Wilson during WWI outlining his proposals for a postwar peace settlement13
13187717633USSRLed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, this country is renamed the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic14
13187718002Self-DeterminationBelief popular in World War I and after that every people should have the right to determine their own destiny15
13187720480Schlieffen PlanWas a battle plan proposed in 1905, that German could win a quick Franco-German war while fending Russia16
13187720481Kaiser Wilhelm IIGerman emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 191817
13187721629Western FrontThe main theater of war during the First World War18
13187721630StalemateA situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible19
13187722974Easter RebellionUprising in Dublin20
13187724849Fourteen PointsForerunner of the United Nations, the dream of American president Woodrow Wilson, although its potential was severely limited by the refusal of the United States to join21

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