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1
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Four causes of the war:

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  • Militarism
    -Alliance
  • Imperialism
  • nationalism
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known as the powder keg

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ready to explode was the Balkan peninsula

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3
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who was the archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Archduke of Austria-Hungary

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4
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what was the black hand

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Serbian terrorist group

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who was Gavrilo Princep

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the person who killed the archduke and his wife

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describe pan-Slavism

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bring independence to the region

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7
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describe how the assassination of the archduke of austria created World war

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they were given an ultimatum or war
and because of the allies

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8
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what was the original purpose of the alliance system

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balance of power

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8
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name five modern weapons used in the world war.

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  • Machine guns
    -artillery
    -tanks
    -zeppelins
  • poison gas
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three purpose of propaganda

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  1. recruitment of men
  2. promote patriotism at home/ support
  3. make the enemy look evil
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10
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the western front extended from

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north sea to Switzerland

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11
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three main reasons the usa entered the war

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  1. sinking of the Lusitania
  2. 1917 - unrestricted submarine warfare
  3. Zimmerman telegram
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the eastern front extended from

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the Baltic sea to black sea

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12
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why did russia pull out of the war

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because the communist promised the people to pull them out if they help them come to power

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13
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allied powers concerned why

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because Germany can now concentrate all its forces on the western front

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14
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3 American impacts

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  1. boosted morale of the allied powers
  2. fresh man troops
  3. supplies and equipment
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15
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“Bloody Stalemate”

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neither side wins

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16
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Big four

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Great Britain - david lloyd geroge
France - georges clemenceau
USA - woodrow wilson
Italy - vittorio orlando

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17
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purpose of first five points of wilson’s peace plan

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ways to prevent war

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18
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self determination meant

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nations should have the right to govern themselves

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19
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goal and purpose of the league of nations and what it was

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-prevent future wars
-international peacekeeping organization

20
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four results of WWI

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  1. death toll 21 million died
    2.russians became communists
  2. 4 major empires collapsed
  3. USA becomes world power
21
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central powers

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Germany, Austria-Hungary and ottoman turks

22
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Allied powers

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Russia, France, Great Britain and later the USA

23
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what marked the turning point in the war

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America joins the war

24
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agreement to stop fighting

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armistice

25
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countries began preparing for war

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mobilization

26
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warring sides

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belligerent

27
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info used to influence public opinion

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propaganda

28
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u-boats

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Underwasserboots

29
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war of attrition

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wear the other side out

30
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huns

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germans

31
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doughboys

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American

32
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tommy’s

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British

33
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frogies

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french

34
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spanish flu

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Spanish influenza that killed millions

35
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isolationism

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stay out of European affairs

36
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“pistols” life expectancy was 2 weeks

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suicide club

37
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area between the trenches

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no mans land

38
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British luxury liner

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Lusitania

39
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went on a good will tour with his wife and died

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Franz Ferdinand

40
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russian king abdicated the throne

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czar Nicholas II

41
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red baron
greatest flying ace

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Manfred von Richtofen

42
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promised the peasants sum things

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Vladimir Lenin

43
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king of England who accepts surrender

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King George V

44
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war to end war

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great war

45
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russian revolutionist

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Bolsheviks revolution

46
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king of germany forced to leave the throne after WW1

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kaiser wilhelm

47
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King of Austria-Hungary

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franz joseph

48
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Arthur Zimmerman

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promsied mexico their land back

49
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top American ace from Columbus ohio 20 kills

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Eddie Rickenbacker

50
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In charge of the American expedition of the American expeditionary force (U.S army)

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john pershing

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