Unit 4: WWI Flashcards

1
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“Peace without victors”

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14 pts; self determination; League of Nations

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2
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Alliance system

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triple alliance, triple entente

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3
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Allies

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Union, France, Russia, Italy

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4
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and guy who was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip

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5
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Armistice

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truce

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6
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Attrition

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waken enemy to destroy; expend resources

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7
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blockade

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isolation; prevent access

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8
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Bolshevik Revolution

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took Russia out of WWI; Bolsheviks take control

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9
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Casualty

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serious injury

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10
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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria

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11
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Conscription

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draft

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12
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Czar Nicholas II

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leader of Russia

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13
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David Lloyd George

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Great Britain- Paris peace conference

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14
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Eastern Front

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more movement than west; Russia took offensive against Austria and eventually faltered by 1915; failed military by lack of supplies

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15
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Fourteen Points

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Self determination; league of nations

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16
Q

Gavrilo Princip

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assassin of Franz and Serbian Nationalist- Black hand

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17
Q

Georges Clemenceau

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France-PPC

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18
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Imperialism

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one country over another

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19
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Isolationism

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to refrain from political or economic relations with other countries

20
Q

Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Germany’s new emperor; wanted Germany to have world power; increased tensions between European powers

21
Q

League of Nations

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Woodrow Wilson wanted internal cooperation and peace

22
Q

Lusitania

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Ship sunk by Herman submarine; sign of war

23
Q

Mandate

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authoritative command

24
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Militarism

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military is only concern of state

25
Nationalism
Loyalty to ones country
26
Neutrality
neutral state; non participation in war
27
No man's land
land between trenches
28
Paris Peace Conference
treaty with Germany
29
rationing
fixed portion
30
Red Army
Soviet armed forces; Russia
31
Reparations
Payments to cover war damage
32
Schlieffen Plan
German war plan to avoid an all out two front war
33
Self determination
guiding principle of Wilsons 14 pts
34
Sussex Pledge
Germany promised to limit u boat attacks
35
Total war
engaging all available resources to support war effort
36
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Surrender to Germany
37
Treaty of Versailles
ended war
38
Trench warfare
radically changed nature of war, opposing sides face each other in trenches
39
U boats
German navy submarine
40
ultimatum
final statement made by a party
41
unrestricted submarine warfare
sink each other with no warning
42
VI Lenin
brought Russia out of war and turned it communist, influenced by germans
43
War guilt clause
Germany take full responsibility of war- reparations
44
Western Front
controlled by allies; battle of Somme; trench warfare
45
Woodrow Wilson
14 pt treaty; united states; 28th president
46
Yugoslavia
established by Serbia and Montenegro; replaced Austria-Hungary
47
Zimmerman Telegram
German incentive to mexico; they said they will take back land to the us took for them if they join them