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World War I People & Vocabulary
Unit 5 Honor World History Notes
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10th Grade
12/16/2010

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Otto von Bismarck
Definition
created a system of alliances which's goal was to isolate France
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Three Emperor's League
Definition
(part of Bismarck's system of alliances)
Germany, Russia, & Austria
-agreed to cooperate to maintain peace & the status quo
~[each country had an emperor]
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Dual Alliance
Definition
(part of Bismarck's system of alliances)
Germany & Austria
-a secret defensive alliance
-mutual aid if either was attacked by Russia
-first hard alliance (specific commitment of military support)
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Triple Alliance/Central Powers
Definition
(part of Bismarck's system of alliances)Germany, Austria, & Italy
-secret defensive alliance
-Italy was angered with France over Tusinia
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Reinsurance Treaty
Definition
(part of Bismarck's system of alliances)Germany & Russia {3 years in length + was renewable}
-benelovent neutrality in case of war, (except if Germany was fighting France or Russia was fighting Austria)
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Entente
Definition
a friendly understanding
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Dual Entente
Definition
(Franco-Russian Alliance)
-both nations were isolated & came together
-was a military alliance
-seemed directed @ Britain, but was really aimed @ Germany
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Triple Entente/Allied Powers
Definition
Britain, France, & Russia
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Anglo-...
Definition
=Britain
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Entente Cordiale
Definition
-another name for the Anglo-Frenche Entente
-settled all other colonial issues (in Asia & Africa)
~it shocked the world that they came together
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Militarism
Definition
the policy of constantly building up armaments and the armed forces
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Arms Race
Definition
countires coninuously building more & more (better) weapons in response to enemy countries (doing the same)
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Dreadnough
Definition
Super battleship & part of the naval race; British developed it & other countries followed
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Conscription
Definition
the draft; most countries used it to enlarge their military
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General Staff
Definition
leading commanders in the military
(in case of war)
[each country had 1]
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Alfred von Tirpitz
Definition
promoted the building up the strength of the army
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General Alfred von Schlieffen
Definition
Germany's chief of general staff who developed a battle plan (the Schlieffen Plan) to be used in the future
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Plan XVII
(17)
Definition
France's plan to attack Germany through Alsace-Lorraine
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Elan
Definition
a spirit
[French hoped it would even the #s w/ the Germans]
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Doctrine of the Offensive
Definition
idea was that the attacker has the advantage in modern warfare
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Mobilization
Definition
preparing for war: reserves, equipment, & supplies for the front
-tantamount to war
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Weltpolitik
Definition
Germany's idea of a world policy: Bismarck had only been concerned w/ Europe, under William II Germany had interests around the world
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Alfred Nobel
Definition
(inventor of dynamite,), set-up the annual Nobel Peace Prize
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Bertha von Suttner
Definition
part of a woman's suffrage movement, claiming it would not support the war
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Pacifism
Definition
opposition to all wars
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Definition
heir to the Austrian throne, center of the Sarajevo crisis which lead to WWI
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Unity or Death /the Black Hand
Definition
Serbian terrorist group that decided to kill Ferdinand
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Gavrillo Princip
Definition
killed Archduke Ferdinand (& Sophia, wife of Francis)
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German Blank Check
Definition
what was given to Austria promising Germany's full support
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Ultimatum
Definition
final set of demands
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Nicholas II
Definition
last czar of Russia who attempted to help Serbia (against Austria)
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Paul von Hindenburg
Definition
German commander in the East with Ludendorff & would be in command of the war for Germany w/ the later
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Erich Ludendorff
Definition
German commander in teh East w/ Hindenburg & would be in command of the war for Germany w/ the later
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Machine Guns
Definition
killed faster, a defensive weapon, improved rifles
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Barbed Wire
Definition
defensive weapons used to slow down the atacker
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Heavy Artillery
Definition
larger weapons for greater destruction
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Poison Gas
Definition
Germany started, used gas masks to protect themselves
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Tanks
Definition
develped by the British
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Submarines
Definition
used to sink merchant ships, were U-boats for Germany, used to counteract German U-boats; allies developed convoys
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Airplanes
Definition
developed for warfar, later Zepplins ewre used to bomb; pilots were known as "flying aces" & fought "dogfights"
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Zeppelins
Definition
used following airplanes to bomb
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Attrition
Definition
a war fought to destroy and grind-down the enemy
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Propoganda
Definition
a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a cmmunity toward some cause or position
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Genocide
Definition
the killing of any specific group (i.e. Hitler/the Nazis killing the Jews)
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Erich von Falkenhayn
Definition
German Chief of Staff (later replaced by Hindenberb & Ludendorff)
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General Sir Douglas Haig
Definition
"butcher Haig" leader of the British army @ the (Battle of the) Somme
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Contraband
Definition
goods shipped of military value
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War Zones
Definition
areas in which ships may get attacked
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Brusilov
Definition
Russian General
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Lawrence of Arabia
Definition
Britsh officer who worked with Arab Princess to rebel & fight the Turks
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General John Pershing
Definition
commanded the Americans
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Armistice
Definition
end to hostiles
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Total War
Definition
war that uses all of a nation's resources, including civillians; mostly modern
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Nationalization
Definition
government took control of transportaion & industry
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Ersatz products
Definition
substitutes for products
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Fourteen Points
Definition
Wilson's plan for peace
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Collective Security
Definition
nations working together for peace
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War-Guilt Clause
Definition
article 231 which declared that Germany was responsible for starting the war
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John Maynard Keynes
Definition
chief economic expert at the treaty (of Versailles)
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Friedrich Ebert
Definition
headed the new government [German Republic]
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