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| formal defense agreement among nations |
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| friendly understanding between two nations that lacks binding commitment |
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| distribution of power among rival nations so that no on enation is dominant |
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| What are two other names for world war I? |
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| the great war and the war to end all wars |
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| spirit of national pride and desire for unity of one's people |
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| What were the years of the war? |
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| What were four causes of the war? |
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| militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism |
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| What was one spark of the war? |
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| the assassination of archduke franc ferdinand |
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| What were four effects of world war I? (significance of the war) |
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| fall of four great empires: Germany, Russia, Austria_Hungary, and the Ottoman; bolshevik revolution in russia, death of millions, second world war |
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| Who was a part of the triple alliance? Why did they allign? |
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| Germnay, Austria_hungary, and Italy; alligned out of fear of France |
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| Who was a part of the triple entente? Why did they unite? |
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| russia, france, and great britain; aligned out of fear of Germany and hungary |
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| What did Great Britain want? |
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| open seas trade and a navy twice the size of its own |
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| Morrocco and northern africa |
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| economic control of the declining Ottoman empire |
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| to take take control of Bosporous and the Dardanelles near the black sea and to extend the influence it had over Manchuria in east asia |
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| What did Austria Hungary want? |
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| land access through the balkans to the aegean sea |
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| 1n 1908, Austria Hugnary annexed teh Slavic territories of _____, once part of the ottoman empire. |
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| What was the triple entente later known as? |
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| What was the triple alliance later known as? |
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| What were teh neutral countries in the war? (7) |
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| spain, the netherlands, switzerland, dnemark, norway, sweden, and albania |
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| britain, france, russia, belgium, japan, serbia, notenegro, and the u.s. |
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| What does Italy do in 1915? Why? |
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| switches sides because they are promised territory |
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| Why did the U.S. enter the war? |
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| wanted america to make the world safe for americans |
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| When did the united states enter the war? |
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| set of final conditions that must be accepted to avoid consequences |
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| Who was Kaiser Wilhelm the second? |
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| the second emperor of united Germany |
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| Who was emperor Francis Joeseph? |
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| Who were the young turks and what did they do? |
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| military reformers that conducted military strategy |
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| What was the Schlieffen Plan? Why didn't it work? |
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| german military plan; russian army mobilized faster than expected |
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| When was the battle of the marne? Who won? |
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| September 5, 1914; french won |
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| germnas and the allies began a series of battles known as the "race to the sea" with each attempting to reach the north sea first |
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| World war one was a war of _____. |
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| What does war of attrition mean? |
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| each side tried to wear down the other side by constant attacks |
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| What four new weapons and strategies were introduced in hopes to help end the western front stalemate? |
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| poison gas, tank, gallipoli, and air war |
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| What was the purpose of the tank? |
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| an armored vehicle designed to move people through "no-man's land" |
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| What happened at the battle of verdun? |
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| the germans staged a surprise attack against the French at verdun |
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| When was the battle of the somme? who was involved? |
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| februrary 1916; british and french vs. germany |
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| What did Winston Churchill want to do? |
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| help russia out by opening a third front that would be controlled by turkey |
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| What was the Gallipoli campaign? |
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| winston churchill wanting to help russia |
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| What did Russia's signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovosk lead to? |
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| the loss of 1.3 of the russian population to germany |
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| What happend in november 1917 after the new provisional government in russia held elections? |
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| the bolshevik communist revolutionaries took over the government in a coup |
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| What was the name of the treaty that ended the war? |
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| Which of Wilson's fourteen points were actually realized in the treaty that ended that war? |
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| Which colony did Ghandi represent? Tilak? Ataturk? Ho Chi Minh? |
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| india, india, turkey, indochina |
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