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World History Review-Beam
World War I
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History
9th Grade
01/11/2007

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Russia withdrew from the War
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Trench warfare
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Standard form of warfare on the Western Front during World War I
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Armistice
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An end to the fighting (truce/ceasefire), specifically the one signed at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918, ending World War I
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Vladimir Illyich Lenin
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Returned from exile in Switzerland to lead the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution
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Britain, France, Russia (after 1917, the United States)
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The Allies of World War I
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Lusitania
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British cruise ship sunk by the Germans, killing 1200, including 128 Americans
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Gavrilo Princip
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Assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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The United States
Definition
Entered World War I on April 2, 1917, turning the tide in favor of the Allies
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire
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The Central Powers during World War I
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"dog fight"
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Possibly the most glamorous type of warfare used during World War I
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Serbian unity
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The mission of the Black Hand, Gavrilo Princip's organization
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poison gas
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Dangerous weapon introduced during World War I and most recently used on the Kurds by Saddam Hussein
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mandate
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land taken care of by another country, specifically Britain and France in the Middle East after World War I
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Serbian area annexed by Austria-Hungary just prior to World War I
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"All quiet on the Western Front"
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Term used by reporters to describe the fact that very little territory changed hands on the western front
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Black Hand
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Serbian unity organization to which Gavrilo Princip belonged and which orchestrated the assassination of the Archduke
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated along with his wife on June 28, 1914
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Kaiser Wilhelm (William) II
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Emperor of Germany who fought World War I
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Franz Joseph
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Emperor of Austria-Hungary during World War I
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