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WWI Review Sheet Vocab Flashcards

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Triple Alliance

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Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary

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Triple Entente

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Britain, Russia, France

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Archduke Francis Ferdinand

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Heir to Hapsburg throne of Austria-Hungary.

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Gavrilo Princip

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Member of black hand, associated Ferdinand and his wife.

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Central Powers

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Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-Hungary

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Allied Powers

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France, Russia, United States, Britain, Serbia (Italy)

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Schlieffen Plan

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German military plan, called for two front war between Russia and France.

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Mobilization

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Process of assembling troops to ready them for war.

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Total War

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War that affects lives of all citizens and involves complete mobilization of resources and people.

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War of Attrition

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Conflict based on wearing down other side with constant attacks and losses.

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Trench Warfare

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When sides attack, counterattack, and defend from trenches.

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No-Man’s Land

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The ‘in-between’ area between trenches.

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Mandate System

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Territory temporarily governed by another nation on behalf of League of Nations.

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Reparations

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Payment made to victor by looser to cover costs of war.

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Armistice

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A truce or agreement to end fighting.

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League of Nations

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Formed by Fourteen Points, international government organization that aimed for peace, unsuccessful due to lack of power.

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Fourteen Points

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Written by Woodrow Wilson, aimed for peace to end WWI.

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Treaty of Versailles

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Made to punish Germany and eliminate them as a threat.

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The Big Three

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David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau
(Alt. Britain, France, America)

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Lawrence of Arabia

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British archaeologist, told Arab princes to revolt Ottoman Empire, destroyed Ottoman Empire with British and opened Swiss Canal.

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Emperor (Kaiser) William II

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Promised Austria Hungary military support.

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Rasputin

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Involved with Russian Royalty, ‘healer’ to one of Russian princes.

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