chapter 33 while i wait for chapter 32's pptx Flashcards
Franz-Ferdinand (vocab)
the catalyst for WWI, archduke of the Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated by the terrorist group called the Black Hand
Central Powers (vocab)
triple alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy for a while
Triple Entente (vocab)
commonly known as the allied powers consisting mainly of Britain, France, and Russia
Black Hand (vocab)
terrorist group in Serbia who assassinated archduke Franz-Ferdinand
Bolsheviks (vocab)
radical wing of the Russian Social Democratic Party lead by Lenin that took control of Russia in 1918
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (vocab)
(1870 - 1924), a revolutionary Marxist and head of the Bolshevik party who instituted and became the first ruler of the USSR
Georges Clemenceau (vocab)
French representative in the Paris Peace Conference
Lloyd George (vocab)
Great Britainβs representative in the Paris Peace Conference
Woodrow Wilson (vocab)
United Statesβ representative in the Paris Peace Conference
Ataturk (vocab)
president of the Republic of Turkey, previously Mustafa Kemal who ruled Turkey as a dictator, also known as βFather of the Turksβ
Western Front (vocab)
front from the English Channel to Switzerland covered in Central and Allied trenches
No Manβs-Land (vocab)
the deadly territory between opposing trenches
Verdun (vocab)
French fortress assaulted by the Germans in 1916
Gallipoli (vocab)
failed Allied attack on Ottomans that resulted in high Allied casualties
Armenian Genocide (vocab)
wartime arocities comminted by the Ottoman government who branded Armenians as a traitorous enemy and killed almost 1 million (1915 - 1917)
Romanov Dynasty (vocab) (i love you black widow)
reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 - 1917, who were overthrown by the Bolsheviks in the Bolshevik Revolution
February and October Revolutions (vocab)
parts of the Bolshevik Revolution, the Bolshevik party stormed the Winter Palace where they and Lenin took over the country
Paris Peace Conference (vocab)
conference held following the Great War where 27 countries with conflicting aims met but got nowhere
Self-Determination (vocab)
the idea that peoples with the same ethnic origins, language, and political ideals had the right to form sovereign states
Dreadnaughts (vocab)
British super battleships that inspired Germans to create a fleet of fast dreadnaughts
Schlieffen plan (vocab)
a Central Powers tactic to take France quickly knowing the Russians would not be able to gather their forces fast enough to help the French
Mustard gas (vocab)
poison gas first used by Germans in 1915 with a yellow color that rotted the human body
Homefront (vocab)
term used to express the important reality that the outcome of the war hinged on the support of civilians
Sykes-Picot Treaty (vocab)
secret treaty between Russia, British, and French governments in 1916 which defined the future spheres of influence