History Ch. 12 Flashcards
an alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain
Triple Entente
The alliance formed between Britain, France, and Russia during World War I
Allied Powers
The alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I
Central Powers
The killing of an entire people
genocide
Territories once part of the Ottoman Empire that the League of Nations gave to other European powers to rule after World War I
mandates
information such as posters and pamphlets created by governments in order to influence public opinion
propaganda
passenger ship where 120 Americans were among the dead; sunk by German U-boats
Lusitania
Secret message; Germany proposed Mexico attack the US in return for the US land
The Zimmerman Note
influenza
The epidemic after the war
submarines used by Germans in World Wars l and ll; unrestricted submarine warfare
German U-Boats
when the Red Army attacked the provisional government; November 1917
October Revolution
nearly 2,000,000 ethnic Armenians were deported to Mesopotamia and what is now Syria during World War I; during this forced relocation, hundreds of thousands of starved to death or were killed by Ottoman soldiers and police
Armenian Massacre
an international body of nations formed after World War I to prevent future wars
League of Nations
opponents of the Bolsheviks
The White Army
A form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire to defend their positions
trench warfare