WW1 Flashcards
Mustard gas
Originally created by the Germans, a poison gas that can cause death, fired in shells, 1917
Cloren gas
Created by the Germans, can cause death, poison gas
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Italy
Triple Entente
Britain, France, and Russia
Nationalism
pride in one’s nation (not so much leader but beliefs)
Black hand
Organization that kills Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife
The Great War, the war to end all war
WW1
M ILITARISM
A LLIANCES
N ATIONALISM
I MPERIALISM
A SSASSINATION
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Militarism
A
Alliances
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Nationalism
2nd I
Imperialism
2nd A
Assassination
Militarism
Empires expensive to build and defend
•Development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
•The growing European divide had led to an arms race between the main countries.
•Both France and Germany’s armies had doubled between 1870-1914 and there was fierce competition between Britain and Germany for mastery of the seas
Alliance
Decades leading up to WWI-keep the balance of powers by providing a measure of international security
•A formal agreement or union between nations to help if needed-Alliance signed countries become ALLIES
•By 1907 2 major defense alliances in Europe
The TRIPLE ENTENTE TRIPLEALLIANCE
•France Germany
•Britain Austria-Hungary
•Russia Italy