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World War I part 2
2nd part for IB World history
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History
11th Grade
05/09/2010

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Term
Strengths of Germany
Definition
.population
.geographical position
.army
Term
Strengths of France
Definition
Strengths
.all diplomats from all nations spoke France
Term
Factors or schools of thought of France
Definition
.Revanche
-recover lands lost to Germany and to get an allies to face Germany
.Anti-revanche
-focus on colonies, social progress, economic expansion
Term
Strengths and expectations of Britain
Definition
. strong navy
.suspicion of Russia
.Respected independence of others
Term
Weaknesses of Austria-Hungary
Definition
.racial problems
Term
Weaknesses and Strengths of Italy
Definition
Weaknesses
.Poor
.lacked cohesion
.could not pursue a vigorous foreign policy
Strengths
.Allies w/ Britain-cautious toward France and A-H and Germany were enemy
Term
Bismarck's calculations in 1871
Definition
.value for the defense
.France recovering from Franco-Prussian war-keep Alsace Lorraine
.Convinced German gov. to maintain large armaments
.He could keep France isolated
Term
DreiKaiserbund
Definition
."League of the 3 Emperos"
. Germany,A-H,Russia
.opposed Marxism
.Formed Common bond against France
.Began to fade in 1875 at Congress of Berlin in 1878
Term
Motives of the Dual Alliance
Definition
.to help the other in the event of an attack by Russia
.to keep neutral in the event of an attack by any other power
Term
Significance of the Berlin conference
Definition
Managed to keep involved in imperialism with out making rivals into bitter enemies
Term
Events that led to the France-Russian Entente
Definition
.Triple Alliance of Germany,A-H, and Italy left Russia vulnerable while France had been isolated since its defeat in in the Franco-Prussian war
Term
Reasons why Britain turned against Germany
Definition
.Germany became jealous of Britain's colonial and naval power
.Germany wanted to build a better army
.Germany imperialism(competition)
Term
Significance of Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
Definition
Enabled Britain to keep more of her naval forces in Europe in case of trouble with Germany
Term
Reason why Anglo-French Entente came about
Definition
.England is competition w/Russia
.Need an alli France is only one left
.Building relationships with African countries
Term
Alsace-Lorraine
Definition
a geo-oplitical prize contest between the French and German powers
.population was divided between minority and majority
Term
Dual Alliance
Definition
Alliance between A-H and Germany
.Led to the Triple Alliance
Term
Triple Alliance
Definition
Germany, Austria and Italy
Term
Reinsurance Treaty
Definition
agreement between Russia and Germany to remain neutral
.issued by Bismark
Term
Triple Entente
Definition
Germany,A-H, Britain
Term
saturated power
Definition
can't hold anything any more, economically, politically and military, and land.
Everything is saturated
Term
Use of female soldiers in Russia during WWI
Definition
Used to try to make Russian solders(men) to fight by shaming them
Term
Conditions in Petrograd
Definition
.riots
.discontent
.cold
.shortage of bred
.lost of faith in gov
Term
Kerensky
Definition
.Leader of the new government in Russia
.Rival of Lenin
.Saw himself as a man to lead Russia
.Thought best hope of survival would be from army
Term
October Revolution of 1917
Definition
.Mob stormed winter palace
.Bolsheviks thought it was glorious
.Kerensky thought it was a coup not Revolution
Term
Francis Ferdinand
Definition
.Austrian archduke killed in 1914 in Sarajevo by black hand
.triggered WWI
Term
Leader of Russia during WWI
Definition
Tsar Nicholas II
Term
Leader of United States during WWI
Definition
Woodrow Wilson
Term
Reasons why the united States entered World War I
Definition
.Germans sank Lusitania
.Britain needed extra help
Term
Mata Hari
Definition
exotic dancer/German spy
Term
total war
Definition
control economically and social spheres for war effort
Term
War Raw Material board
Definition
rationing distributing food
Term
League of nations
Definition
treaty signed so that there will never be another war
.America never joined
Term
Treaty of Versailles
Definition
treaty that ended the war between Allies and Germany
.Germany had to pay alot of money
Term
most fatal decision mad by Czar nicholas II before the Russian Revolution
Definition
he left Moscow and went to the front
Term
Grigori Rasputin
Definition
.adviser
.assassinated by a member of Nicholas' family
Term
Battle of Marne
Definition
Germany's initial offensive was stopped on the outskirts of Paris
Term
Immediate cause of British entry into WWI
Definition
The invasion of Belgium in Germany
Term
Balkan War
Definition
First war fought in WWI
.Serbia joined Creece and Bulgaria to attack the Ottoman Empire
Term
Petrograd Soviet's Army Order No1
Definition
taking power away from the Officers and giving it to the solderers
Term
Greece
Definition
country in the balkans that was not occupied by the Central Powers during WWI
Term
Germany's Auxiliary Service Law
Definition
.require ages 17-60 to work toward the war
.people starved
Term
Russian Cheka
Definition
Russian secret police that killed political threts
Term
Queen victoria
Definition
-Imperialsim
-Empress of India
-Share of Suz Canal-Conlonial wars in Asia and Africa
-Unions recognized, public housing, consumer protection, work place safety
Term
King victor emmanuel II
Definition
-constitutional monarchy
-role was the capital
-little papal influence
Term
Nationalism
Definition
Included territory population and military capacity
includes economic caused by industrial revolution
created a contest of imperialism
Term
motivation for imperialism
Definition
.Economic Factor
.capital for investmnt
.Raw material
.Market for manufactured goods
.politial factors
.policains respond to national needs making country more powerful
Term
Schlieffen Plan
Definition
Germany's key war plan for invading France at the start of World War 1. It involved marching through Belgium in order to knock France out of the war quickly.
Term
Bolshevik position
Definition
Group of Russian Revolution called for peace and a social revolution
.opposed Tzarism and wanted evolution
Term
Lenin
Definition
.Blshevik Leader
.Slogan was "Peace, Bread,Land"
Term
Central Powers
Definition
consisted of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria
Term
Florence Nightingale
Definition
.helped injured troop during the war
.found the red cross
Term
Raymond Poincare
Definition
Prime minister of France during WWI
Term
British officer who assisted in the Arab Revolt of 1916 to 1918
Definition
TE Lawrence
Term
Enver Pasha
Definition
President of Turkey
Term
Zollverein
Definition
.German Customs Union
.coalition of German states formed to manage customs and economic policies within their territories
Term
Kulturkampf
Definition
.German policies in relation to secularity and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church
.Priests and bishops who resisted the Kulturkampf were arrested or removed from their positions.
Term
14 Points
Definition
.Speech composed by Woodrow wilson
.The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe.
Term
Zimmerman note
Definition
.Note from Germany to Mexico
.Asked mexicans to fight the Us. for land they took from the Mexicans
. one of the reasons why the Us entered the war
Term
Lusitania
Definition
.British ship that was full of American passangers
. Germans sunk the ship
. Last straw so Americans entered the war
Term
Gavrilo Princip
Definition
Assainated Fraz Ferdinand
Term
Russo-Japanese War
Definition
.Japan won
.caused tension between Birtan and Russia
.Increased Britains power
Term
Franz Josef
Definition
leader of Austria
Term
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Definition
wanted unification of Italy
.milary of redshirts
pope and austria did not want the unification
Term
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Definition
kicked Bismark, leader of Germany during WWI
Term
George V
Definition
king of England
Term
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Definition
leader w/ Bismark
.wantged Germany unification
.Wanted Prussia to win so that Austria can be kicked out
Term
John J. Pershing
Definition
commander of U.S. army
Term
Militarism
Definition
.building of a greater army
Term
Red Shirts
Definition
Garbaldi/Mazzini defend rome against Pope alongside Garabaldi
Term
Mensheviks
Definition
Tsarist system supporter
Term
Duma
Definition
russia parliament that dissolved
Term
Allied Powers
Definition
France, Hungary, Britain, US
Term
Pan-Slavism
Definition
slavic people wanted to unite
.Austria was against
Term
War of attrition
Definition
last man standing kill or be killed
Term
Treaty of brest-Litovsk
Definition
treaty beween Germany and Russia.
ended the war between Germany and Russia
Term
Battle of Ypres
Definition
first battle
began concept of tench war fare
Term
Battle of Tannenberg
Definition
Masun Lake
Russia never posed a real threat to Germany
Term
Battle of Somme
Definition
.Many bristish Soilders were killed in one day
.very brutal
Term
Battle of Gallipoli
Definition
disaster in 1915 bristish intendd on siezing Dardenelles by advance overland failed
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