13187702556 | Franz Ferdinand | Austrian Archduke whose assassination (1914) was the immediate cause of World War I | 0 | |
13187703628 | Pan-Slavism | A 19th-century movement that stressed ethnic and cultural kinship of the various Slav peoples of Eastern and East central Europe and that sought to unite those peoples politically | 1 | |
13187703629 | Triple Entente | Pre - World War I alliance of England, France, and Russia | 2 | |
13187705369 | Total War | For the first time in history, belligerent nations engaged in this type of war | 3 | |
13187705370 | Tsar Nicholas II | Was the last Emperor of Russia (1894-1917) | 4 | |
13187708889 | No Man's Land | Land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty | 5 | |
13187710055 | Home Front | Term made popular in World War I and World War II for the civilian "front" that was symbolic of the greater demands of total war | 6 | |
13187710056 | Lenin | Founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state. | 7 | |
13187711676 | "Peace, Land, Bread" | The Bolsheviks capitalized with effective slogans such as "All Power to the Soviets" and, this most famous slogan. The Russian peasants and working class gravitated towards this message. | 8 | |
13187711677 | Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war | 9 | |
13187713102 | Weimar Republic | The Government of Germany from 1919 to 1933 | 10 | |
13187715093 | Big Four | Refers to the four countries that were allied together in WWI. The countries were the U.S. represented by President Wilson, England represented by David Lloyd George, France represented by Georges Clemenceau, and Italy represented by Vittorio Orlando | 11 | |
13187715094 | Treaty of Versailles | 1919 Treaty that officially ended World War I; the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II | 12 | |
13187716334 | League of Nations | Declaration by U.S. President Wilson during WWI outlining his proposals for a postwar peace settlement | 13 | |
13187717633 | USSR | Led by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, this country is renamed the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic | 14 | |
13187718002 | Self-Determination | Belief popular in World War I and after that every people should have the right to determine their own destiny | 15 | |
13187720480 | Schlieffen Plan | Was a battle plan proposed in 1905, that German could win a quick Franco-German war while fending Russia | 16 | |
13187720481 | Kaiser Wilhelm II | German emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918 | 17 | |
13187721629 | Western Front | The main theater of war during the First World War | 18 | |
13187721630 | Stalemate | A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | 19 | |
13187722974 | Easter Rebellion | Uprising in Dublin | 20 | |
13187724849 | Fourteen Points | Forerunner of the United Nations, the dream of American president Woodrow Wilson, although its potential was severely limited by the refusal of the United States to join | 21 |
AP World History Chapter 33 Vocabulary Flashcards
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