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World War I Terms Flashcards

1
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German support for Moroccan indep.; French gov’t. rules over in the end.

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Moroccan Crisis

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French troops near Moroccan capital; Panther boat; Germany is an idiot

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Agadir Crisis

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MANIA; need for strong armed forces

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Militarism

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be the greatest Navy ever; beat everyone else

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German Naval Laws

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British and German boats, strength competition

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Anglo-German Naval Race

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German boats with guns, water, cannons, dread

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Dreadnought

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German strategy; go for France by blazing through neutral Netherlands and Belgium.

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Schlieffen Plan

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offensive into Alsace-Lorraine; retake

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Plan XVII

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pact between 2+ countries through similar interests (e.g. Russia and Britain)

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Alliance

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Great Britain, France, and Russia

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Triple Entente

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Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy

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Triple Alliance

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12
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Black Hand victim; disregard for Greater Serbia

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Archduke Ferdinand

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13
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Serbian group that killed Archduke of A-H

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Black Hand

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14
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motivation for Greater Serbia; pride in ethnicity

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Ethnic-Nationalism

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15
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pride in your land; MANIA

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Nationalism

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16
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Austria-Hungary and Serbia fight; Russia, back me up!; srry man; Austria-Hungary wins! :(

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Bosnian Crisis

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17
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fight for land in independent nations from Ottoman Empire

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Balkan Wars

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18
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German foreign policy; show off German strength

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Weltpolitik

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19
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Germany’s only source of $$ and happiness

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Alsace-Lorraine

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20
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Predecessor of Balkan League; sick man

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Ottoman Empire

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21
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Big guys already dividing even b4 end of WWI; collected chaos in Europe

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Sick Man of Europe

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22
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longest battle; bleed France white;

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Battle of Verdun

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23
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1st use of tanks; British casualties and lost

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Battle of the Somme

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24
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success of allied offensive; 26 k soldiers in one day

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Brusilov Offensive

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25
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front lines; cause of stalemate; soldiers stuck

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Trench Warfare

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fungal infection; gangrene toes; soldiers

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Trench foot

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27
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trench land; soldiers stuck in this place; no way out; territory between trenches

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No man’s land

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28
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many jams; shot 400-600 rounds; “say hello to my little friend”

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Machine gun

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29
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unexpected explosions; burns everywhere; heavy

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Flamethrower

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30
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choking attack; linger; swimming pool

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Chlorine gas

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31
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almost odorless; internal & external blisters; hot dog

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Mustard gas

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32
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1st major gas attack; chlorine gas; tear gas grenade

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Battle of Ypres

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33
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guns on land

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artillery

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34
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tank

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Landship

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35
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1st reallly successful tank deployment; Entente

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Battle of Cambrai

36
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german; long-range bomb; blur home and battle fronts; large target

37
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used a lot of planes; wireless transmission; camera; spying on the enemy

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Reconnaissance

38
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early planes; slow; very low

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Pusher aircrafts

39
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more innovated planes; faster; faster climb ^

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Tractor aircrafts

40
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machine that shot between blades;

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Interrupter gear

41
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period where German aircrafts were better

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Fokker Scourge

42
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looks at enemy territory; sketches bases and weapons

43
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air recon; faster; morse code with looong antenna

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Wireless Telegraph

44
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long-range German bomber plane; attack France

45
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only navy battle b/w Germany and Britain

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Battle of Jutland

46
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British breach intl. law; block supplies from Germany; controversial

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Hunger Blockade

47
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Germany suffered more; controversial; Italy cheated out of it

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Treaty of Versailles

48
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Germany fed up with Britain; Lusitania incident; international waters dangerous; no one’s safe

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

49
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royal navy; early sonar system; detect enemy ships

50
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listening device; Britain; before ASDIC; early sonar

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Hydrophone

51
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merchant ships guided by military escorts; b/c of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany

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Convoy system

52
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acted as merchant ship; really had guns and weapons

53
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sea trap of nets, mines and searchlights; guarded by aircraft

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Dover Barrage

54
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british naval intelligence

55
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anti-submarine warfare; exploding near submrine

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Depth charge

56
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advanced British pusher airplane

57
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U.K. volunteer army; young and old men

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Kitchner’s Army

58
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British conscription; british 18-41

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Military Service Act of 1916

59
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gov’t picked and chose who would go to war

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Conscription

60
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British women working in munition factories

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Munitionettes

61
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called ppl to join; forced books, posters, and guilted fathers/sons/brothers to join

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British War Propaganda Bureau

62
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Brit. Minister of Munitions; let women be in workplace

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David Lloyd George

63
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U.S. president and creator of League of Nations

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Woodrow Wilson

64
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Wilson’s document for peaceful resolution after WWI; Germany had a misunderstanding w/ this.

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The 14 Points

65
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gov’t took over ppls’ lives for the war; Britain; huge gov’t intervention; ppl had no say

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Defense of Realm Act

66
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British monitor media and censorship

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War Office Press Bureau

67
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part of food rationing; couldn’t afford/buy big loaves of bread

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Nine-penny loaf

68
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using less to give more to soldiers

69
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British feminist leader for recruitment and suffrage

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Emmeline Pankhurst

70
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didn’t actually fight; e.g. code experts, wireless telegraphers, electrician, cook, clerk

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Women’s Royal Navy Service

71
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more Brit. women in farm lands, boost food production

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Women’s Land Army

72
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Brit. women near front lines; e.g. cooks, telephone clerks, waitresses; “soft” jobs

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Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps

73
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more women than men; not a lot would marry

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The Surplus Two Million

74
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british husband and wife could marry equally

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Law of Property Act

75
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easy to get divorce for husband or wife

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Matrimonial Causes Act

76
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meeting of Allied victors to discuss with Central powers what would happen next

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Paris Peace Conference

77
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armenians mistreated in A-H; might work with the Russians??

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Armenian Genocide

78
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peace treaty b/w Bolshevik in Russia and Central Powers to get out of war; Russians = >:( b/c lost land

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

79
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U.S. pact that said war was bad and not to do it (super useless)

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

80
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control and make German debt more reasonable; cycle of financial aid created b/w European countries and U.S.

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Dawes Plan

81
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french take over; land is hostage; “Where’s my money?!”; dawes plan; ruhr valley returned to germany

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Ruhr Valley

82
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creates the countries within Balkan League

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Treaty of Saint Germaine

83
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british to Jewish ppl that they could have land

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Balfour Declaration

84
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british had an Arab state under Brit. Mandate

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McMahon-Hussein Corresspondence

85
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mistreatment of Germans and Austrian citizens who lived in Britain

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Alien Civilian Internment Camps

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