Ch. 35 Flashcards

58692292	Archduke Ferdinand	heir to Habsburg throne (Austria-Hungarian throne) assassinated by a Serbian in Sarajevo in June 1914, which lead to Austria-Hungary making reparation demands that, when they were not met, precipitated WW1	0
58692293	Kaiser Wilhelm	King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany whose political policies led his country into WW1. He was forced from power when Germany lost the war	1
58692294	T.E. Lawrence	Wrote 7 Pillars of Wisdom, "Lawerence of Arabia"Mustaph is Muslim Ruler and Type of Pope	2
58692295	Mustafa Kemel	commander of turkish nationalists	3
58692296	V.I. Lenin	led the communist revolution, was the leader of the Bolsheviks, ruled Russia	4
58692297	Woodrow Wilson	28th president of the United States, known for WW1 leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize	5
58692298	Dreadnought	new class of ship created by the British due to the Anglo-German Naval Race. made many British ships obsolete. stayed in port during WW1	6
58692299	Balkan Wars	two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe	7
58692300	Allies	countries at war with the Central Powers during WW1. The key members of the Triple Entente were the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire. Many other countries later joined the Entente side in the war: Belgium, Serbia, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania, and Portugal, which were also drawn into the war	8
58692301	Central Powers	in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies	9
58692302	Schieffen Plan	A plan drawn under the guidence of a german general Alfred von Schlieffen that called for a two-front war with France and Russia. Involved invading France by going through Belgium.	10
58692303	Gallipoli	campaign took place at Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey from 25 April 1915 to 9 January 1916, during the WW1. A joint British and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, and secure a sea route to Russia. The attempt failed, with heavy casualties on both sides	11