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10th Grade
12/12/2008

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Term
Pan slavism
Definition
Movement in the 19th century that stressed the ethnic and cultural kinship of the slavic people of eastern europe and sought to unit those people politically in the ottoman territitories.
-advocated by russian leaders b/c it would weaken austria hungary empire
-germany supported Austria-Hungary
-Russia supported serbia/slavic people
-international stress
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Balkans
Definition
an area in the ottoman empire that was fought over by: Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Romanis- led to WW1
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Bosnia- Herzegovinia
Definition
region of Austria hungary made up of Serbs; serbs wanted independence (or to join Serbia); in south-easatern europe
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total war
Definition
when a nation uses all forces and resources during a war
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Self-determination
Definition
an idea of nationalism- people with the same ethnic origins, political ideals, and language had the right to form its own sovereign state
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militarism
Definition
the building up of a nation's military operation for war (somtimes looking to the future) to grow armies and navies/ improve weaponry
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Nationalism/patriotism
Definition
pride in one's people/culture and government if one exists for their people
three forms
1) french hostility at the germans for the franco-prussian war, for taking Alsace-Lorraine, and for having the german crowned at versialles.
2) Pan-slavism- if serbia was ever affronted,russia would help-because of a cultural conneection (this also got russia further involved.
3) Serbian ultra nationalism- serbia was a seperate nation-but not all serbs lived in serbia. Some lived in bosnia. Serbs wanted that land to be a part of serbia. In bosnia, there was a militan group, called the "black hand" eight members sucessfully assassinated franz ferdinand
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naval race
Definition
tensions between germany and britian-governmetns built powerful navies to compete in timees of war(militarism)
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dual alliance
Definition
germany and Austria-hungary-protection from russian attack; fear of france attacking convinced germany to enter into this alliance
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triple alliance
Definition
germany, austria hungary, and italy(wouldl protect eachother)-italy joins because it is afraid of frace, too
-germany(aware that france wanted revenge for alsace-lorraine) allied with austria hungary; italy once joined after being unhappy with french takeover of tunisia in africa- the "central powers/tripple alliance"
Term
Tripple entente
Definition
england, france, russia(alliance, would protect each other)
-france allied with russia(so they surrounded germany) and britian soon joined their alliance(british afraid of german imperial/industrial power)
-alliances may have fuelled war
Term
Plan 17
Definition
french military plan which strategized attacks no matter the motives
-what to do if germany attacks
-four armies were to attack alsace-lorraine, one army to direct at nourther france
-germany attacks through north (belgium)
Term
mobilization
Definition
when one country gets ready to fight a war
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black hand
Definition
serbian terrorist group in bosnia getting funds from serbian government in bosnia, there was a militant group, called the "black hand" eight members successfully assassinated franz ferdinand.
-the assassination:serbs in bosnia assassinated the next austo-hungarian king
Term
ultimatum
Definition
-list of demands
-on july 23, austria hungary sent serbia an ultimatum(a set of demands that must be accepted) this required serbia to put down all writing, teaching, demonstarting, and so on that was agianst Austria-Hungary.The ultimatum also demanded that serbia fire any officials opposed to austria-hungary, and that austria-hungary be allowed to send her own judges to serbia to conduct a trial of thosed invovled with the archduke's shooting. If the ultimatum was not answered positively within 48 hours, war would be declared on serbia
Term
Neutrality
Definition
belgium(reason for britian joing war), Italy(until 1915 wehn it joins allies), switzerland, norway, the netherlands, spain, sweeden, denmark all neutral.
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Western front
Definition
between germany and france and belgium
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eastern front
Definition
between austria-hungary and russia
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italian front
Definition
between germany and italy
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southern front
Definition
between austria-hungary and russia
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suthern front
Definition
romanians and greeks angains bulgaria and turkey
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other fronts
Definition
turks agains russians in the black sea and the caucasus region(turkey does not want russia to expand into their territory further)
Term
Battle of Marne
Definition
Marne, (1915) western front, battle represents protection; allied defense of paris) germany stopped attacking paris after this batle
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race to the sea
Definition
french/german battle line near the sea- pushed there by the french who drove germans away from paris
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trench warfare
Definition
soldiers dug ditches in which they fought geurilla style
-between enemy trenches was "no-man's land" usually litered with dynamite, gernades and other explosives
-army would charge across "no mans land" for offensive attacks
Term
War of attrition
Definition
an attempt to ware down one's enemy until theey cannot fight any more or they are out of supplies
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stalemate
Definition
a long war in which one side is not doing significantly better than the other
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Treaty of London
Definition
settled the balkan wars(1913)
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No-man's land
Definition
area between enemy trenches littered with dynamite, gernades, and other explosives
armies charged for offensive attacks
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Battle of Verdun
Definition
1916
stalemate and attrician, in a month over 1 million soldiers dead:allies lost 583 thousand men, germans lost 510 men(allies claim they won the battle because germans retreated three quaters of a mile)
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Battle of Somme
Definition
great britian attacks german lines, little land exchanges hands, huge casualties-great britian introduces tank
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Homefront
Definition
life at home- women worked more, propaganda
Term
propaganda
Definition
slogans and advertisements that tried to sway the people for a cause
Term
TNT
Definition
explosives, dynamite
Term
japanese entery
Definition
japan did not send soldiers to fight. they spympathized with great britian in order to be able to take over german colonies in Asia. 800 thousand soldiers sent to the german colonies.
Term
soviet
Definition
april 1917: councils of workers and soldiers, called soviets, were formed throughout russiancities, arguing between soviets and the provisional government.
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provisional government
Definition
temporary government between Czar and Bolshevik takeover
-arguing within the government over the war and how to fix the economy
Term
Marxism
Definition
marx:1940s grew up in germany, witnessed industrialization and how bad it was for the middle class
-industrialization would lead to revolution, bourgeoise industrialization would be overthrown by the proletariat, equal education would lead to all people getting what they needed, abolition of private property
-dictatorship of the proletariat- lead to a pure democracy
Term
bolsheviks
Definition
radical group led by lenin
rook over in 1917
Term
leninism
Definition
: industrialization is not necessairy, bourgeoise and aristocratic beauracracy was unfair to majority- a revolutionary elit was necessairy to overthrow existing system
-abolition of private property
-an elit revolutionary dictatorship would distribut wealth based on need
Term
treaty of brest-litzvok
Definition
1918-russia surrenders (under bolsheviks) give up 25% of land: finland,poland,ukraine. Devastating but germny unds up fighting.
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Unrestricted submarine warfare
Definition
germany attacks british and foreign commerce ships near britian's coasts
-these acts infuriated america (whose ships were sunk) and US declares war on germany
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Armistice
Definition
peace between germany and britian
Term
fourteen points
Definition
wilson's ideas for peace
league of namtions settle disputes among nations; self-determination for those in Austria Hungary; general decrease in arms; freedom to ship safely on the seas;address settlement of colonial problems; end of secret alliances
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treaty of versialles
Definition
treaty with allies and germany;german representative not allowed;
Term
armistice:
Definition
germany forced to sign in 1918 created the treaty of versailles
Term
treaty of versailles
Definition
flawed, eventually led to another war. countries involved; wilson(united states), orlando (italian president), great britian, and france
NO GERMAN REPRESENTATIVES BUT FORCED TO SIGN
Term
Goals of the treaty of versailles
Definition
to establish lasting peace
desire to at least restore the balance of power
some say france didnt want peace iwhth germany
germany lost land,colonies,military, allowed to keep 100 thousand soldiers, demilitarized the german-french border, and 56 billion in reparations, germany had to become a republic "had to admit war guilt"
Term
league of nations
Definition
peace forum between nations
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independent countries
Definition
hungarians gained indepence, serbians under austria-hungary(bosnia) gained their freedom, Pols gainsed independence
Term
end of treaty of versialles
Definition
austria hungary ceased to exist it became austria nd hungary, serbia disappeared;serbia and bosnia all become Yugoslavia (meant all slavs)
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treaty of neilly
Definition
1919 bulgaria accepts treaty; bulgaria cedes bits of land to the allies-larger chunks of land would destablize the region
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treaty of st.germain
Definition
treaty between allies and austria so that it breaks off from Hungary
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treaty of trianon
Definition
treaty between allies and hungary sot that it breaks away from austria
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treaty of sevres
Definition
1920-treaty between allies and ottoman empire, effectively disolved ottoman empire
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treaty of luassane
Definition
1923-allied powers recognized the republic of turkey
Term
league of nations
Definition
a group of nations who woked out issues through talks instead of war (wilson's brainchild, US did not participate)
Term
mandate system
Definition
russian madate syastem, the czar is a linear line
Term
Yugoslavia
Definition
serbia disappeared; serbia and bosnia all become Yugoslavia (meant all slavs)
Term
creditor nation
Definition
nation which lends money to others with interest for profit
us huge crditor nation in WW1
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Red army
Definition
bolshevik communist army
Term
war communism
Definition
government seizes crops from peasants to give to cities and soldiers; peasants revolt as a result
Term
New economic plan
Definition
Lenin's new economic policy
-temporary limited pirate ownership of companies-so that businesses could rebuild
-nationalism was pursued
Term
five year plan
Definition
1928-plans to immediately industrialize soviet union, had a command economy in which government controlled all production
-end of NEP
-Plans economyto compete with west, builds USSR into industrial giant
reaction to defeat in russo-jappanese, cream and WW1
focuses on dedication rescourses in agriculture and heavy machinery
limits production of consumer goods
Term
collectivization
Definition
government controls all the land, creates government-owned farms-effort to increase food productions;hopes to creat surplus and export it for profits to help pay for industrialization
-uses advanced technology
-attacked kulaks(prosperous peasants) they are sent to prison camps
-1932 famine in Ukraine- kulaks destroy cattle before giving it to stalin
Term
Franz ferdinand
Definition
Archduke of Austria-Hungary
- assasined in bosnia by black hand
-sets off spark for ww1
Term
gavrillo princpe
Definition
member of black hand terrorrist group
-assasinated franz ferdinand
Term
count von schlieffen
Definition
german, plan to avoid fighting war with france and russia
-devises plan to defeat france before russia mobilizes an army(he gets of outkirts of paris)
-failed attempt
- wants to do this by going through belgium, counting on england not to intervene, and russia not to attack before they reached paris
Term
bertrand russell
Definition
philosopher; observeed that englishment WANTED war
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Czar Nicholas II
Definition
last czar of russia
weak leader, but valued autocracy
internal problems threatened his rule
bloody sunday-he ordered the bullets to be shot
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Helmuth von moltke
Definition
former chief of prussian general staff;predicted that the future wars would not end with a single battle, because the deafeat of a single nation would not be acknowleged until the whole strength of the people was broken
-he implemented the schliefen plan
Term
wilfred owen
Definition
wrote poems while in war;fought on the western front, injured and then killed
Term
Winston churchill
Definition
Gallipoli-1915- southern front, a failed attempt to get supplies to russia (winston churchill sent weapons to russia through turkish territory; showed that russia was alone)
Term
Vladamir lenin
Definition
leader of the bolseheviks;brought back to russia after exile in 1917 by the germans
-bourgeouise revolutionary
-marxist
-organized bolshevik political party
exhiled for treason prior to WW1 returned with help of germans in 1917
Term
Woodrow Wilson
Definition
US leader during WW1 signed treaty of Versailled came up with fourteen points and league of nations
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George Clemenceau
Definition
French leader during WW1,french secretary against german aggression france very angry with germany so he put harsh punishments in treaty
signed treaty of versilles
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lloyd george
Definition
britians leader, wants to protect control of the seas, wants to control over german colonies in the middle east, and sykes pot agreement with france
signed treaty of versailles
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lloyd george
Definition
britians leader, wants to protect control of the seas, wants to control over german colonies in the middle east, and sykes pot agreement with france
signed treaty of versailles
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
stalin pushe totsky out of the party
paranoia- thought otheres were plotting agains him so he used the secret police
foreign policy- use the comintern to stir up socialist revolutions in other counries
Term
great purge
Definition
1934
command economy and production quotos, no quality conrol
require collectivization
Term
stalins cult of personality
Definition
soviet realism
staged public appearances
rallies and speeches
censorship
Term
Morroccan crisis
Definition
1905, fought for pocession of ottoman empire; strained european diplomatic ties contributed to breakout of WW1
Term
Balkan wars
Definition
1913
states fought two wars for possession of territory held by the ottoman empire
strained european diplomatic ties
contibuted to breakout of WW1
Term
Battle of caporetto
Definition
1917 a disastrous defeat for italy, italian forces only maintain a defensive line with help of french and british
Term
british blockade
Definition
both sides blockaded enemy cities or cut off food supple to whole enemy populations
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battle of gallipoli
Definition
a failed attempt to get supplies to russia put into plan by winston churchill- showed russia was alone
Term
armenian massacres
Definition
ottomans accused armenians of siding with russia
genocide in 1914-1916
Term
russo-japanese war
Definition
1904, fought over northern china; huge japanese victory; japan proved to the world that it was a major world power
humiliating for russia
Term
revolution of 1905
Definition
opposition of czar nicholas, peasants dissatisfied, poor working class caused by increase of industrialization; demand for better housing and working conditions; middle calss demands democratic reforms, defeat from the russo-japanese war sets off uprisings
-bloody sunday
Term
russian civil war
Definition
1918-1921 red army vs white army
revolution turns violent, russia signs treay of brest-litsvok
many civilians dead
Term
october revolution
Definition
bolsheviks take over provisional government
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march revolution
Definition
czar abdicated throne, provisoinal government takes over
strike in petrograde, soldiers do not support Czar, and join uprisings
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