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militarism
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This is the build-up of military forces in times of peace, but preparing for possible war. |
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alliances |
an agreement between two or more countries to cooperate with each other and help each other out in war. |
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imperialism |
A stronger nation taking over a weaker nation. |
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Triple Entente |
Serbia, France, Great Britain, and Russia. (Allies) |
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Triple Alliance |
Germany, Italy(until 1915), and Austria-Hungary (Central Powers) Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
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Bolshevik |
a group of people |
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Russian Revolution |
A revolution in Russia in 1917–1918, also called the October Revolution, |
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand |
Future ruler of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated by the black hand terrorist group along with his wife Sophia |
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Vladimir Lenin |
Communist Ruler |
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Allies |
Serbia, France, Great Britain, and Russia. (Allies) |
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Central Powers |
Germany, Italy(until 1915), and Austria-Hungary (Central Powers) Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
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Lusitania |
The reason the U.S. joined the war |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
Message to Mexico asking them to join the war |
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Trench Warfare |
a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Treaty signed that ended the war |
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League of Nations |
was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. |
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Unrestricted |
not limited or restricted. |
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Submarine Warfare |
-was first introduced in World War I in early 1915 -Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone Also Known as U-Boats |
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armistice |
The end of the war |
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communism |
extreme form of socialism |
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stalemate |
It's a draw or a tie or an even match |
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propaganda |
-A marketing technique -Used in recruiting soldiers, etc. |
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back hand |
A terrorist group that assassinated the Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia. |
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western front |
France |
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eastern front |
Germany |
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chemical warfare |
The use of chemical agents as a weapon of war or terror. |
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War technology |
Airplanes, poison gas, machine guns, flamethrowers, long range artillery, submarines, tanks, gas mask, trenches, etc. |