AP European History: World War I Flashcards

6062626753	Nationalism	Inspires a sense of unity and desire for independence about subject nationalities	0
6062626754	Ottoman Empire	"Sick man of Europe" receded from Balkans creating a power vacuum	1
6062626755	Pan Slavism	To seek a single political entity in Southern Europe	2
6062626756	Imperialism	Increases wealth and power among colonial nations but develops rivalries between nations	3
6062626757	First Balkan War	1912, Balkan states defeated Ottoman Empire and allies captured remaining territories	4
6062626758	First Balkan Crisis	Annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary (Bosnian Crisis)	5
6062626759	Second Balkan War	1913, Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece but Ottoman Empire regained some land	6
6062626760	Third Balkan War	Between Austria and Prussia: became WWI in summer of 1914	7
6062626761	Berlin Conference	1885, regulated African colonization and trade during the New Imperialism era	8
6062626762	Kruger Telegram	1912, from Germany to Africa congratulating them on victory over Britain, Britain was enraged	9
6062626763	Algerians Conference	Settled the First Moroccan Crisis in 1906	10
6062626764	Second Moroccan Crisis	1911, international tension increased by the deployment of French troops	11
6062626765	Militarism	Achieves nationalistic and imperialistic goals of a nation	12
6062626766	Anglo-German Arms Race	Led to a belief in the inevitability of a European war	13
6062626767	Bertha von Suttner	Austrian, first woman to win Nobel Peace Prize	14
6062626768	"Lay Down Your Arms"	1889, contributed to founding Peace Societies in Germany	15
6062626769	Admiral Alfred von Tiptiz	Led the naval building for Germany	16
6062626770	Alliances	Maintained security for militaristic nations through balance of power theory	17
6062626771	Dual Alliance	Between Germany and Austria in 1879	18
6062626772	Triple Alliance	1881: Germany, Austria, and Italy	19
6062626773	Russian-German Reinsurance Treaty of 1887	Promised neutrality of both Germany and Russia if either went to war	20
6062626774	"Splendid Isolation"	Term for Britain after 1891, only non-aligned power	21
6062626775	Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902)	Britain sought Japanese agreement to neutrality to counter possible Russian threat to India	22
6062626776	Entente Cordial (1904)	When Britain and France settled all outstanding colonial disputes in Africa	23
6062626777	Triple Entente	1907: Britain, France, and Russia	24
6062626778	Archduke Francis Ferdinand	Assassination by Princip directly caused WWI	25
6062626779	July 28, 1914	Austria declares war on Serbia	26
6062626780	August 1, 1914	Germany declares war on France	27
6062626781	August 3, 1914	Germany invaded Belgium	28
6062626782	August 4, 1914	Britain declares war on Germany	29
6062626783	Central Powers	Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire	30
6062626784	Allies	Britain, France, Russia (later Japan, Italy, and US)	31
6062626785	Schliefen Plan	German military plan to invade and defeat France quickly then regroup to defeat Russia	32
6062626786	Trench Warfare	War strategy that caused a stalemate for 4 bloody years	33
6062626787	Battle of Verdan	Germany sought a battle that would force France to beg for peace	34
6062626788	Battle of Somme	British and French offensive to break through German lines	35
6062626789	Eastern Front	Where Russians suffered huge casualties and Lenin took Russia out of war in 1917	36
6062626790	Gallippi Campaigne	1915: British forces failed to take Gallipoli as a step towards defeating Turks	37
6062626791	Middle-East Front	British gained support from Arab cities who resented Ottoman Empire	38
6062626792	T.E. Lawrence	British officer who scored major victories to weaken Turks	39
6062626793	Louisitania	German U-boats sank a British passenger ship carrying Americans	40
6062626794	WWI Economics	Production of war goods, increased industrialization, inflation of prices, developed planned economies	41
6062626795	WWI Social Developments	Disconnected families, propaganda increased, women's rights, more social equality	42
6062626796	WWI Politics	Increased taxation, debts grew, promoted patriotism, high political tensions	43
6062626797	Zimmerman Note	Telegram from Germany to Mexico intercepted by America asking for Mexican alliance if US entered the war	44
6062626798	Balfour Note	Led Jewish communities in Britain and America to believe that Britain supported separate Jewish states	45
6062626799	Woodrow Wilson	US president that developed 14 points	46
6062626800	14 Points	Planned to end WWI along liberal, democratic lines	47
6062626801	League of Nations	International organization to supply collective security	48
6062626802	Meuse-Argonne Offensive	Germans moved to western front but US entered war in time to assist Britain and France in stopping Germany	49
6062626803	Dates of Surrender	Austria: Nov. 3, 1918 Germany: Nov. 11, 1918	50
6062626804	Leaders of Britain, France, US, and Italy	Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Wilson, Orlando	51
6062626805	Paris Peace Conference (1919)	Negotiations that the Central Powers were excluded from and Italy left early	52
6062626806	Versailles Treaty (1919)	Mandates created for former colonies of Central Powers and much of Middle-East was controlled by Britain and France	53
6062626807	Article 231	Placed sole blame for war on Germany, huge reparations	54
6062626808	John Maynard Keynes	"The Economic Consequence of Peace" predicted harsh treaty would lead to unrest	55
6062626809	Totalitarianism	Censorship, indoctrination (new technology like radios, automobiles, and TV made it possible)	56
6062626810	Conservative Authoritarianism	Traditional form of anti-democratic government (absolutism)	57