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8820862639The 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
8820862640Woodrow 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
8820862641Austria-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
8820862642The Black HandThis Serbian rebel group tassassinated Archduke Ferdinand after several failed attempts.3
8820862643Kaiser Wilhelm II of GermanyThis German Emperor led the Germans during WWI. In 1918 he was forced to step down by German Generals.4
8820862644U-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
8820862645NationalismThis cause of World War I was based on an intense pride in one's nation.6
8820862646Allied PowersThis alliance during WWI included the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy (switched to the Allied Powers in 1915). (The blue countries of the East and West on map above)7
8820862647Wilson'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
8820862648Zimmerman 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
8820862649LusitaniaThis 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
8820862650Trench 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
8820862651Armistice, 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
8820862652ReparationsThis term refers to the payments and transfers of property that Germany was required to make under the treaty of Versailles.13
8820862653League of NationsThis intergovernmental organization lasted from 1919-1946, was founded after the Paris Peace Conference. It did not work effectively to prevent WWII.14
8820862654War Guilt ClauseThis clause of the Treaty of Versailles placed all blame for WWI with Germany and its allies. This forced Germany to pay reparations for World War I.15
8820862655Causes 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
8820862656Causes 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
8820862657M.A.N.I.A.These are the five main causes of World War I. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, and Assassination.18
8820862658Triple AllianceThis alliance was made Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI. IN RED ABOVE19
8820862659Triple EntenteThis alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before WWI. IN BLUE ABOVE20
8820862660Balkan RegionSlavic Region of intense nationalism and imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off powder keg of Europe.21
8820862661Central 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.22
8820862662Allied PowersThis was a major alliance during World War I made up of Britain, France, Russia, and the United States. It was know n as the Triple Entente(a French word) before the war.23
8820862663Western 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.24
8820862664Shlieffen 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.25
8820862665Eastern 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.26
8820862666Gallipoli 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 by the British as shown in movie with Mel Gibson called "Gallipoli."27
8820862667Unrestricted 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.28
8820862668RationingRestricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military29
8820862669PropagandaThese are ideas or information that usually designed by a government to influence public opinion, often times to persuade a people to go to war.30
8820862670Balkan RegionThis area was considered "powder keg of Europe." It was an important area for the following reasons: ~Russia wanted access to Med. Sea ~Germany wanted rail link to Ottoman Emp. ~Austria-Hungary had control of Bosnia, accused Serbia of subverting rule over it31
8820862671Armenian GenocideWhen the government of the Ottoman Empire (Turks) killed 1 million Armenians in suspicion that they were working for Russia.32
8820862672Ernest Hemingway"Lost Generation" writer, spent much of his life in France, Spain, and Cuba during WWI, notable works include A Farewell to Arms33
8820862673Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, One of the artistic giants of the twentieth century. Helped found the Cubist and Abstract movements. During his life, 1881-1973, he worked in various media and is noted for scores of important works. His painting Guernica is one of the most powerful anti-war expressions of the modern era.34
8820862674Famine in UkraineCollect farms(collectivization) in the Ukraine resulted in massive famine in 1932-1933. In the USSR, 93 percent of peasant families had been forced onto collective farms.35
8820862675The Great PurgeJosef Stalin's rein of terror on the Soviet Union, Time period when all opposition to the communist government under Stalin were sent to labor camps.36
8820862676Gulagsgulags, Forced labor camps set up by Stalin in easter Russia. Dissidents were sent to the camps, where conditions were generally brutal. Millions died.37
8820862677CollectivizationA system in which private farms were eliminated and the government created large-scale industrial farms known as collectives.38
8820862678Under Stalin, life in the Soviet Union was characterized byuse of censorship and the secret police39
8820862679How did the command economy function in the Soviet Union?A central authority determined the type and quantity of goods to be produced40
8820862680What does fascism stress?glorification of the state above the individual; extreme nationalism41
8820862681Characteristic of a totalitarian society.freedom of speech, press and religion are denied42
8820862682What type of political system did Lenin, Hitler and Mussolini establish in their countries?totalitarianism43
8820862683During the mid-1930s, which characteristic was common in Fascist Italy, Nazi germany and communist Russia?one party system that denied basic human rights44
8820862684What do fascism and communism have in common?encourage strong nationalistic feelings, one party systems, disregard individual rights45
8820862685How did the overseas colonies contribute to the Allied victory in World War I?Colonies provided hundreds of thousands of troops.46
8820862686Which 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 1917.47
8820862687Unrestricted Submarine WarfareA policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters. Resulted in entry of the US into World War I.48
8820862688MilitarismThis cause of World War I was a policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.49
8820862689Vladimir LeninRussian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)50

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