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158520146The Great WarKnown as World War I and the War to End All Wars: a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers from 1914 to 1919.0
158520147Kaiser Wilhelm II:was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914 Europe.1
158520148Triple Alliance:An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.2
158520149Triple Entente:An alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI.3
158520150The Great Powers:The industralized colonizing nations of Europe before WWI; England, France, Germany, Russia, and Italy; their rivalries led to the war4
158520151Allied Forces:the military alliance of the USA, britain, france, and other countries during WWII5
158520152Central Powers:in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies6
158520153Jingoism:warlike national sentiments that spread widely among the middle and working classes throughout Europe.7
158520154Dreadnought:new class of ship created by the British due to the Anglo-German Naval Race. made many British ships obsolete. stayed in port during wwi.8
158520155Archduke Ferdinand:heir to the throne of Austria Hungary; assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a bosnian serb.; sparked WWI9
158520156Sarajevo:capital and largest city of Bosnia10
158520157Blank check:Reference to the full support provided by William II to Austria-Hungary in its conflict with Serbia. Also refers to the promise of support given by Russia to Serbia to develop a Slavic state.11
158520158White dominions:Colonies in which European settlers made up the overwhelming majority of the population; small numbers of native inhabitants were typically reduced by disease and wars of conquest; typical of British holdings in North America and Australia with growing independence in the 19th century12
158520159Western Front:.In WWI, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other.13
158520160Eastern Front:In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.14
158520161Tsar Nicholas II:Last Tsar of Russia and then end of the Romanov line. Was 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.15
158520162Propaganda:information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.16
158520163BolsheviksRadical Marxist political party founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903. Under Lenin's leadership, the Bolsheviks seized power in November 1917 during the Russian Revolution.17
158520164New women:Women began to participate in clubs, ride bicycles, go to dance halls, nad assert their independance in a place other than the home18
158520165Jutlandlargest naval battle of WWI; only full-scale clash of battleships in WWI; fought between the German and British fleets; the German's were attempting to lure out some of the British fleet to trap and destroy, because Germany's navy was much smaller; Britain intercepted Germany's plans, and therefore escaped their trap; neither side actually 'won' the battle, however they both claimed to have done so.19
158520166Treaty of Versailles:the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans20
158520167Woodrow Wilson:28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize21
158520168Georges Clemenceau:French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)22
158520169David Lloyd George:He was the British representative at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He pushed for a revenge-based treaty at Versailles, hampering the 14 points.23
158520170Armistice:a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms24
158520171Stab in the back:Myth promoted in Germany after the war that, on the brink of victory, socialists and Jewish politicians conspired to surreder to the Allies; used by Nazis as part of their drive to power in the 1920's25
158520172Self-determination:...26
158520173Ho Chi Minh:...27
158520174Indian Congress Party:...28
158520175Mohandas Gandhi:...29
158520176Satyagraha:...30
158520177Effendi:...31
158520178Dinshawai:...32
158520179Mandates:...33
158520180Zionists:...34
158520181Lord Balfour:...35
158520182Pogroms:...36
158520183Theodor Herzl:...37
158520184Alfred Dreyfus:...38
158520185World Zionist Organization:...39
158520186Gamal Abdel Nasser:...40
158520187Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois:...41
158520188Pan-Africanism:...42
158520189Negritude:...43
158520190Armenian genocide:...44
158520191Adolf Hitler:...45
158520192League of Nations:...46
158520193Hussein:...47
158520194Leon Pinsker:...48
158520195Wafd party:...49
158520196Leópold Sédar Senghor:...50
158520197trench warfareFighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in WWI.51
158520198GallipoliA poorly planned and badly executed Allied campaign to capture the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli during 1915 in World War I. Intended to open up a sea lane to the Russians through the Black Sea, the attempt failed with more than 50 percent casualties on both sides.52
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