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Chapter 13 Vocabulary
World History Chapter 13 Vocabulary
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10th Grade
01/25/2010

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militarism
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a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
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Triple Alliance
Definition
in 1879, Bismarck formed the Dual alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary; thre years later, Italy joined the two countries, forming the Riple Alliance; is 1881, Bismarck took another ally away from France by making a treaty with Russia
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Otto von Bismarck
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ruled Prussia from 1864 to 1871; used war to unify Germany; in 1871, declared Germany to be a "satisfied power"
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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forced Bismarck to resign in 1890
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Triple Entente
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attempt to make the German navy equal to the might of the Bristish fleet: Great Britain formed an entente with France; in 1907, Britain made another entente, with both France and Russia; the Triple Entente did not bind Britain to fight with France and Russsa, however, it did almost certainly ensure that Britain would not fight against them
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Balkan region
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the region of southeastern Europe now occupied by Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of Turkey, and the former republics of Yugoslavia
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Franco-Prussian War
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War declared by the Ottoman Empire on France
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Armenian Massacre
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2.5 million killed during the 1880s in the Ottoman Empire
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Gavrilo Princip
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member of the Black Hand; assassinated Franz Ferdinand
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The Black Hand
Definition
group that opposed the rule of Austro-Hungary over Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Central Powers
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German and Austria-Hungary because of their location in the heart of Europe; Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire would later join the Central Powers in the hopes of regaining lost territories
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Allies
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in World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side; also, the group of nations-including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States-that opposed the Axis Powers in World War II
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Western Front
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in World War I, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other
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Schlieffen Plan
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named after General Alfred Graf von Schlieffen; plan called for attacking and defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight Russia
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Battle of Marne
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first major clash on the Western Front; most important event of the war
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trench warfare
Definition
a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield
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Eastern/Frozen Front
Definition
in World War I, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks
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New Weapons of War
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poison gas, submarines, tanks, and machine guns
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unrestricted submarine warfare
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the use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unnamed passenger liners) found in an enemy's water
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total war
Definition
a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effect
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rationing
Definition
the limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy-often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply
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propaganda
Definition
information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause
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armistice
Definition
an agreement to stop fighting
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Gallipoli Campaign
Definition
the effort to take the Dardanelles strait began in Feb. 1915; British, Australian, New Zealand, and French troops made repeated assaults on the Gallipoli Peninsula on the westen side of the strait
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Lusitania
Definition
British passenger ship sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German submarine; attack killed 1,198 (128 U.S. citizens)
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Zimmerman Telegram
Definition
telegram sent from Germany to Mexico in February 1917 telling Mexico that Germany would help them reconquer the land they lost to America if Mexico joined them in the war
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influenza
Definition
the Spanish flu; emerged in the spring of 1918; spread across the world killing 20 million people
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Definition
ended the war between Germany and Russia; signed March 1918
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Treaty of Versailles, 1919
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the peace treaty signed by Germany between Germany and the Allies; created the League of Nations
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"war guilt clause"
Definition
Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war
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Wilson's "Fourteen Points"
Definition
outlined a plan for achieving a just and lasting peace; the first four points included an end to secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduced national armies and navies; the fifth goal was the adjustment of colonial claims with fairness toward colonial peoples; the sixth through thirteenth points were specific suggestions for changing borders and creating new nations; the fourteenth point proposed a "general association of nations" that would protect 'great and small states alike"
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League of Nations
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an international associates formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations
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mandate system
Definition
territories to be given back to certain regions
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