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World War 1
World War 1
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10th Grade
04/26/2014

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Causes of WW1
Definition
MANIA-Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination
Term
Militarism
Definition
When a nation’s armed forces come to dominate a country’s national policy.
Term
Alliances
Definition
Signed treaties in which each nation involved pledges to defend the other if attacked by an aggressor.
Term
Alliances
Definition
Countries agreed to help each other.
Term
Triple Entente
Definition
Great Britain, France, Russia
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Triple Alliance
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
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Imperialism
Definition
Domination by one country over the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region.
Term
Imperialism
Definition
The increasing of a countries power and wealth by bringing aditional territories under their control.
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Nationalism
Definition
Pride and patriotism in one’s nation.
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Slavs
Definition
Who, aided by Serbia and Russia, wanted to be free of Austrian rule?
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Definition
The “spark” that started WWI
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Term
Gavrilo Princip
Definition
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria Hungarian Throne.
Term
Gavrilo Princip
Definition
a Serbian nationalist who believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia.
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Black Hand
Definition
Serbian nationalist group
Term
The main objective of the Black Hand
Definition
To create, by means of violence, a Greater Serbia.
Term
Serbia
Definition
The Black Hand who believed that Bosnia should belong to ?.
Term
Allied Powers
Definition
Russia, France, Italy
Term
Central Powers
Definition
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Term
Trench Warfare
Definition
Type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire
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Black Hand
Definition
Serbian nationalist group
Term
The main objective of the Black Hand
Definition
To create, by means of violence, of a Greater Serbia.
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Lusitania
Definition
a British passenger ship, torpedoed by German submarine, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.
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