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6386308689The assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandThis was the spark that started World War I. Archduke Ferdinand, the Austrian crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. Germany urged Austria-Hungary to fight and they went to war against Serbia; all of this due to Serbia wanting to expand0
6386308690Woodrow WilsonThis was the president who was elected in 1912, and led the US into WWI. Later wrote a plan for post-WWI peace known as the Fourteen Points.1
6386308691Austria-HungaryThis Central Power empire during WWI, started the war with their invasion of Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 . It was made up of Austria, Hungary and several other nations and territories. After World War I it split up into several nations.2
6386308692The Black HandThis Serbian rebel group tassassinated Archduke Ferdinand after several failed attempts.3
6386308693Kaiser Wilhelm II of GermanyThis German Emperor led the Germans during WWI. In 1918 he was forced to step down by German Generals.4
6386308694U-boatsThis new machinery used by the Germans in sea warfare, to attack British and American supply ships in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.5
6386308695NationalismThis cause of World War I was based on an intense pride in one's nation.6
6386308696Allied PowersThis alliance during WWI included the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy. (The blue countries of the East and West on map above)7
6386308697Wilson's Fourteen PointsThis is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.8
6386308698Zimmerman TelegramThis intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the Mexican government offered, territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico for Mexico. The note also confirmed the new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany against the Allied Powers. This helped turn Americans against Germany in WWI.9
6386308699LusitaniaThis British passenger ship was sunk by German U-boats in 1915, carrying civilians and ammunition to Britain from the U.S. The event turned American opinion against Germany.10
6386308700Trench WarfareThis style of warfare was common in WWI, due to the invention of the machine gun and heavy artillery. It included digging long trenches, separated by barbed wire and a no mans land.11
6386308701Armistice, 1918This was the agreement between the Allies and Central Powers that ended the fighting after WWI. It began at 11/11/1918 at 11:11 am. This marked a victory for the Allies and stated that the Central Powers lost. Germans would later look at this as "the stab in the back."12
6386308702ReparationsThis term refers to the payments and transfers of property that Germany was required to make under the treaty of Versailles.13
6386308703League of NationsThis intergovernmental organization lasted from 1919-1946, was founded after the Paris Peace Conference. It did not work effectively to prevent WWII.14
6386308704War Guilt ClauseArticle 231 of the Treaty of Versailles15
6386308705Causes of World War I ImperialismThis cause of World War II resulted from the competition among European nations for colonies in Africa and Asia from 1880-1914. This created tension, especially between Germany and Great Britain.16
6386308706Causes of World War I AlliancesThis was a major cause of WWI. Two major alliances formed the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria, Italy) and the Triple Entente (France, England, Russia). This alliance system made world war likely, by drawing all countries into a small war.17
6386308707M.A.I.N.These are the five main causes of World War I. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism18
6386308710Balkan RegionSlavic Region of intense nationalism and imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off powder keg of Europe.19
6386308711Central PowersThis was a major alliance at the 'center' of Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire. It was formerly known as the Triple Alliance before the war. SHOWN ABOVE IN RED.20
6386308713Western FrontThis was a major front in World War I. A line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea. This is where most of the fighting happened in World War II.21
6386308714Shlieffen PlanThis was Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WWl. The plan was for troops to rapidly defeat France and move east to defeat Russia.22
6386308715Eastern FrontThis was a front in WWI. The region of fighting happened along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.23
6386308716Gallipoli CampaignThis was a British military attack in 1915 during World War I against the Ottoman Empire at Dardanelles', to bring supplies to Russia. The mission failed with high casualties to the British troops.24
6386308717Unrestricted Submarine WarfareThis was the policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters.25
6386308718RationingRestricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military26
6386308719PropagandaThese are ideas or information that usually designed by a government to influence public opinion, often times to persuade a people to go to war.27
6386308721Armenian GenocideWhen the government of the Ottoman Empire (Turks) killed 1 million Armenians in suspicion that they were working for Russia.28
6386308728Under Stalin, life in the Soviet Union was characterized byuse of censorship and the secret police29
6386308731Characteristic of a totalitarian society.freedom of speech, press and religion are denied30
6386308732What type of political system did Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini establish in their countries?totalitarianism31
6386308735How did the overseas colonies contribute to the Allied victory in World War I?Colonies provided hundreds of thousands of troops.32
6386308736Which single event ended the stalemate of trench warfare and resulted in the Allied Powers defeating Germany?American financial support of Britain and France and the US intervention in the war in 1917.33
6386308738MilitarismThis cause of World War I was a policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.34
6386308739Vladimir LeninRussian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)35

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