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| 6124820512 | militarism | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a large standing army always prepared for war and investing heavily in weapons. |  | 0 |
| 6124820513 | alliance | An agreement between two or more countries to work together to defend each other and/or fight together. |  | 1 |
| 6124820514 | imperialism | Empire building; taking over others' territory. |  | 2 |
| 6124820515 | nationalism | Extreme patriotism; a love of one's country so strong one is willing to do anything for it. |  | 3 |
| 6124820516 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo, June 28th, 1914, triggering World War I. |  | 4 |
| 6124820517 | Gavrilo Princip | Member of a Serbian terrorist/nationalist organization called The Black Hand. Murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Wanted to set Bosnia & Serbia free from Austria-Hungary. |  | 5 |
| 6124820518 | The Black Hand | A Serbian terrorist/nationalist organization dedicated to the creation of a united Balkan state. Responsible for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, which started WWI. |  | 6 |
| 6124820519 | The Triple Entente | The pre-WWI alliance of France, Great Britain, and Russia. During the war this group was referred to as "The Allies". | | 7 |
| 6124820520 | The Triple Alliance | The pre-WWI alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. During the war, Italy left the alliance, the Ottoman Empire joined it, and it was known as "The Central Powers". | | 8 |
| 6124820521 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | Before and during WWI he was the monarch (king) of Germany. Cousin to the Tsar of Russia and King of England, his enemies in the war, he was allied with Austria-Hungary. |  | 9 |
| 6124820522 | trench warfare | The type of fighting characterized by slow, long battles. Trenches and machine guns provided effective defense so trenches were very difficult to take from the enemy. Living conditions were wet, cold, and infections and diseases were common. Attacks on the enemy required going "over the top" and charging across No Man's Land into the enemy's machine gun fire. |  | 10 |
| 6124820523 | mobilization | The process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war. |  | 11 |
| 6124820524 | casualties | In war, the combined numbers of soldiers' deaths, serious injuries, missing, and captured. |  | 12 |
| 6124820525 | Tsar Nicholas II | The last monarch of Russia. Before and during the beginning of WWI he ruled Russia. Cousin of German leader Wilhelm II and British King George. He was executed along with the rest of his family during the Russia Revolution of 1917 under the orders of Bolshevik leader Lenin. |  | 13 |
| 6124820526 | No Man's Land | The dangerous, muddy place between the two sides' trenches. This is the space that must be crossed to overtake the enemy's trench. |  | 14 |
| 6124820527 | Austrian Ultimatum | Issued to Serbia by Austria after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand that included extreme demands which they could not accept. Austria declared war on Serbia on July 28 when Serbia refused to accept all of its demands. |  | 15 |
| 6124820528 | Sarajevo | Capital city of Bosnia and the city in which Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. |  | 16 |
| 6124820529 | civilians | Non-fighters during a war; regular people who are not soldiers and are not armed and taking part in fighting the war. |  | 17 |
| 6124820530 | Otto von Bismark | German chancelor; united Germany; made a triple alliance with Austria-Hungary & Italy; made alliance with Russia. Hosted the Berlin Conference of 1884. Attempted to enlarge German Empire and make Germany more powerful without going war. After Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power, Bismark and his ideas were pushed aside. |  | 18 |
| 6124820531 | "balance of power" | Distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong. For example: the two opposing alliances in Europe before WWI were supposed to keep war from occurring. | | 19 |
| 6124820532 | "Europe's Powder Keg" | The region of Southeastern Europe known as the Balkans, it is home to many different ethnic and religious groups. Once part of the Ottoman Empire, many groups wanted independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire too, leading to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This was the SPARK that triggered the EXPLOSION of WWI. Get it? "Powder Keg"? | | 20 |
| 6124820533 | Armenian Massacre | An act of genocide by the rulers of Ottoman Turkey during WWI against Christian Armenians, in which a half million Armenians died. |  | 21 |
| 6124820534 | Gallipoli Campaign | England and France's 1915 attempt to take over the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) during WWI by taking control first of this peninsula. The Allies (England & France) failed and Turks were successful in keeping control of it. Tons of casualties, especially Australians & New Zealanders fighting for Britain and Turks defending Ottoman territory. About 8 months of fighting for no gains. |  | 22 |
| 6124820535 | stalemate | A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other, such as in trench warfare. |  | 23 |
| 6124820536 | The Balkans | Present day territory that includes Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Bosnia, and Serbia. Revolutions sparked by nationalism began here: Greece (1821), WWI (1914) |  | 24 |
| 6124820537 | Western Front | In WWI, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other. |  | 25 |
| 6124820538 | Eastern Front | In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks. |  | 26 |
| 6124820539 | armistice | an agreement to stop fighting, usually until a more permanent agreement will end a conflict more officially. |  | 27 |
| 6124820540 | Battle of the Somme | This four month long battle was between combined British/French forces and Germans and was fought in Northeast France along the Western Front. It is a great example of a the long, slow battles that gained hardly any land and cost tons of lives. This battle only resulted in a 6 mile gain and resulted in more than a million casualties. |  | 28 |
