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381731750Triple AllianceAn alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.0
381731751Archduke Franz FerdinandArchduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.1
381731752Gavrilo PrincipMember of a terrorist organization called The Black Hand. Murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Wanted to set Bosnia free from Austria-Hungary.2
381731753Schlieffen PlanGermany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, in which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia.3
381731754Central PowersWorld War I alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire4
381731755Isolationisma national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs5
381731756Zimmerman TelegramTelegram sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.6
381731757The Fourteen Pointsa series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.7
381731758Sovietsa Russian council composed of representatives from the workers and soldiers.8
381731759Red ArmyMilitary organization constructed under leadership of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevik follower of Lenin; made use of people of humble background9
381731760Great Depressiona severe, world wide economic crisis which lasted from the end of 1929 to the outbreak of World War II10
381731761FascismA political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator11
381731762NazisGerman political party joined by Adolf Hitler, emphasizing nationalism, racism, and war. When Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party became the only legal party and an instrument of Hitler's absolute rule. (786)12
381731763Blitzkrieg"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland n 193913
381731764Anit-Comintern PactAgreement between Germany and Japan to fight against Communism14
381731765United NationsInternational organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation. It replaced the League of Nations.15
381731766Truman DoctrinePresident Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology16
381731767Containmenta policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully17

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