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04/07/2017

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1. Allies are groups that fight together.
Definition
the countries that fought together against Germany
during the First and Second World War

 
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2. Armistice is when they agree on something to have peace.
Definition
a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they
can discuss peace terms

 
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3. Black Hand was a group of people that were trying to unite all the territories.
Definition
a secret society founded in the Kingdom of Serbia in May 1911, as part of the Pan-Slavism nationalist movement, with the intention of uniting all of the territories containing South Slav populations (Serbs, Croats, Macedonians, Slovenes, etc) annexed by Austria-Hungary
 
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4. Central Powers were different countries that would alli with other countries.
Definition
in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-
Hungary and other nations allied with them in
opposing the Allies

 
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5. Fourteen Points were negotiations about world war 1.
Definition
Fourteen goals of the United States in the peace
negotiations after World War I. President Woodrow
Wilson announced these to Congress in early 1918.
 
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6. Imperialism happens when there is a single country that owns other countries.
Definition
a political system in which one country rules a lot of
other countries

 
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7. Isolationism happens when another counrty doesn't want the other country to come and join them.
Definition
the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements.

 
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8. League of Nations were used to prevent wars along the way.
Definition
was the predecessor to the U.N. It was formed
following World War I, and its mission was to prevent
future wars.

 
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9. Lusitania was a boat that sunk and it lead to events in the world war 1.
Definition
a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in
the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events
leading to U.S. entry into World War I.


 
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10. Militarism was used to protect countries.
Definition
the belief that a country should build up its military
forces and use them to protect itself and get what it
wants

 
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11. Nationalism is when people of the same kind create a independent countries.
Definition
the desire by a group of people of the same race,
origin, language etc to form an independent country

 
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12.  Neutrality happens when only states do not take sides in war.
Definition
the state of not taking sides, especially in a war or
dispute

 
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13. Pan-Slavism was a union dedicated to the slavic people.
Definition
the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the
Slavic peoples.

 
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14. Propaganda were posters that were made to send a message to the people or represent something.
Definition
information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread wide
ly to help or harm a person, group, movement,
institution, nation, etc.

 
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15. Reparations were payments that were made when there was damged done during the war.
Definition
the making of amends for wrong or injury done:
payback for an injustice

 
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16. Schlieffen Plan was a plan for victory in the western front.
Definition
was the German General Staff 's early 20th century overall strategic plan for victory both on the Western Front against France and against Russia in the east, taking advantage of expected differences in the three countries' speed in preparing for war

 
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17. Scamble for Africa started because europeans were claiming africa as their territory.
Definition
also known as the Race for Africa, was the proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the First World War in 1914
 
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18. Stalement happend during battle when soldiers couldn't do anything.
Definition
A situation in contest in which neither side can make
any further worthwhile action
 
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19. Treaty of Breast-Litovsk was a peace negotiations.
Definition
was a peace treaty signed on February 9 1918, at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus) between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The peace negotiations The Ukrainian...

 
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20. Trenches were long holes that soldiers dug in the ground during battle.
Definition
a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground

 
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21. Ultimatum was a threat that was made if people didn't listen.
Definition
a threat saying that if someone does not do what you want by a particular time, you will do something to punish them:

 
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22. Versaillies was a palace where the treaty ended world war 1.
Definition
A city of north-central France west-southwest of Paris. It is best known for its magnificent palace, built by Louis XIV in the mid-17th century, where the treaty ending World War I was signed in 1919.
 
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23. Western Front was a place where most of world war 1 happened.
Definition

 

an area in northern France and Belgium where
many battles of World War I were fought.
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