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Imperialism & WWI
Chapter 27 vocabulary and concepts
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History
8th Grade
03/07/2011

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Imperialism
Definition

policy of extending a nation's power by gaining political and economic control over other countries

- a stronger country going in and taking over a weaker control with the process of gaining political and economic ($) control

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Expansionists
Definition
Americans who favored extending the United State's power by taking control of new terrritories (Western Hemipshere and around the world)
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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Practice of publishing sensational and often exaggerated news stories in order to attract reader
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Nationalism
Definition
the belief that your nation is the best
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Militarism
Definition
strengthening military power, ideas, and values
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I
Definition
  • Militarism
  • Alliances
  • Imperialism
  • Nationalsim
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What was the final spark that lead to World War I
Definition
The assassination (killing) of Archduke Ferdinand & his wife by a Serbian nationalist
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Central Powers
Definition
  • Austria - Hungary
  • Germany

 

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Allied Powers
Definition
  • France
  • Russia
  • Britain
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Trench Warfare
Definition

Trenches (long narrow ditches)

provided protection for infantryman and allowed supplies and reinforcement to be safely delivered to the front line

 

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New Weapons
Definition

Machine Guns

Poison Gas (Green Cloud) - invented by Germans

Tanks

Airplanes

U-boat - submarines - used to create a blockade

 

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Lusitania
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