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World War I Vocab Flashcards

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand

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Austrian. Assassinated on the way to Bosnia. Spark of WW1

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Woodrow Wilson

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US delegate at palace of Versailles. Fourteen points redrawing national borders/est League of Nations

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David Lloyd George

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British delegate at Palace of Versailles. Intermediary b/w US and French views.

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Georges Clemenceau

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French delegate at Palace of Versailles. Wanted revenge on Germany

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Vittorio Orlando

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Italian delegate at Palace of Versailles

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Ho Chi Minh

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Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader. Prime minister/president of Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Rejected independence from French after Peace Conference.

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Black Hand

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Organization devoted to restoration of Bosnian self-rule (Gavrilo Princip)

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Gavrilo Princip

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Assassinated the Austrian Archduke. Serbian/Bosnian member of the Black Hand.

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Triple Entente

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Britain, France, Russia before WW1. Later added US China and Japan. Became the Allies

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Allies

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Britain, France, Russia, US, China, and Japan (later italy) alliance during WW1.

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before WW1. Became the Central Powers.

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Soviet Russia

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Communist Russia run by the Bolsheviks (Lenin). Ended war with Germany.

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Big Four

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Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando

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Big Three

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Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau (no Italy)

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Soviet Union

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Communist Russia came AFTER Soviet Russia, after communist revolution/not invited to Paris Peace Conference

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League of Nations

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Organization for nations to peacefully discuss conflicts est by Wilson under 14 points

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Weimar Government

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German nation-state govt

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Pan-Arabism

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Arab nationalism/Ideology that called for unification of all lands in N Africa and SW Asia

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Zionists

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Jewish nationalists who supported a Hewish homeland

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May Fourth Movment

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Nationalistic demonstrations in China calling for democracy/some communists and against Japanese spheres of influence

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The Great War

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World War 1, bc immense scale of fighting

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Militarism

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Aggressive military preparedness. Celebrates war/armed forces. Competing for dominance.

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Secret Alliances

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Europeans. Secretly agree to protect/help each other when attacked.

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Central Powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman

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Self-determination

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The idea that people of the same culture, language, ethnicity and political ideas should be united and should have the right to form an independent nation state/decide their own political fate

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Stalemate

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Central and Allied powers use such brutal weapons/tactics that neither side made significant progress for 4 years (Germany vs France)

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Lusitania

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British ocean liner carrying 100 US citizens sunk by a German submarine. Tension grew b/w Germany and US.

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Zimmerman Telegram

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German government would help mexico reclaim territory lost to the US if Mexico allied with Germany. Intercepted by Britain. Caused US to enter war.

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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Ended Russian involvement in WW1, handed over land to Germany.

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Total war

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Nation’s domestic population, all their natural resources, and military was committed to winning war.

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Propoganda

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Communication meant to influence the attitudes and opinions of a community around a particular subject by spreading inaccurate/slanted information

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Global War

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World War 1 was fought in Europe, Asia, and Africa in Pacific/Atlantic. There had not been one since Seven Years’ War.

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Gallipoli

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A peninsula in NW Turkey that Allies lost getting

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ANZAC

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Special Corps between Australian and New Zealand troops.

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Armistice Day

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Allied advances against central powers, with US help, forced Germany to surrender November 11, 1918.

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Paris Peace Conference

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Winning allies held a treaty conference after WW1, creating the Treaty of Versailles and Fourteen Points, meant to bring peace but actually caused tension.

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Fourteen Points

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Woodrow Wilson’s document on creating a League of Nations and giving self-determination

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Treaty of Versailles

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1919 peace treaty with Germany, unfair to Germany, caused tension.

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Reparations

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Payment of money for damage caused by the war

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Decolonization

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Nationalism of colonies (Africa and Asia) fought for self-rule.

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Mandate System

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Through the League of Nations, the Allies ruled colonies and territories of Central powers, justifying that they needed “tutelage” from “advanced” nations

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Balfour Declaration

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British government stated that Palestine should become a permanent home for Jews 1917

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Palestine

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Area in western asia occupied by Jews and Muslims

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Poison Gas

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One of the most insidious weapons. Chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas. Later outlawed

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Machine Guns

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Increasingly deadly impact of war, made it difficult for either side to gain new territory

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Tanks

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Allowed armies to move across vast areas of difficult terrain, even over trenches

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Submarines

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Caused havoc on shipping lanes in Atlantic and used briefly in American Civil War

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Airplanes

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Light/small/unable to carry weapons. Used to carry on reconnaissance (observation) of enemy lines.

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Trench Warfare

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Cold, rat-infected, unhygeinic ditches tactic for soldiers to defend against enemy fire and gradually advance

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U-boat

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German submarines that attacked ships carrying civilians.

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Influenza epidemic

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Rapid spread of flu to many people in a concentrated area.

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Pandemic

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A disease prevalent over a large area or entire world.

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Soviets

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Groups of workers or soldiers led by socialists, which promised Russian people reforms

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Bolsheviks

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A party of radical socialists that seized power in Russia 1917, promising “peace, land, and bread”

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Lost Generation

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Described the shock that war wrought on the generation experiencing it (originally used to describe American expatriate writers living in Paris after war)

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Genocide

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The attempt of killing a group of people based on race, religion, or ethnicity.

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Armenians

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Christian minority group within Ottoman Empire, accused of cooperation with Russian army and punished violently.

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