| A | B |
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| schlieffen plan | Germany's plan to take over France in 42 days to allow them to send all their troops to fight Russia |
| Nationalism | The belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation, not a king/queen. |
| How Germany was unified | Otto Von Bismarck led Prussia and took over Schleswig and Holstein Austro-Prussian war Franco-Prussian War |
| Why US entered WWI | Sinking of Luistania(unrestricted submarine warfare), zimmerman note |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman empire, Bulgaria |
| Allies | France, Russia, Britain, US, Italy |
| trench warfare | Battles fought in trenches, this is where the majority of wars took place in WWI |
| no man's land | the area between the trenches that nobody wanted to go if they wanted to live |
| propaganda | used nationalist ideas to convince people to volunteer in the army, women to work in factories or become nurses |
| fourteen points | US president Woodrow Wilson's outline for achieving a just and lasting peace |
| Versailles Treaty | treaty between the allied powers and Germany signed on June 28, 1919 |
| Franz Ferdinand | prince of Austria was assassinated, sparked the war |
| Total war | This meant countries devoted all their resources to the war effort |
| Self determination | allowing people to determine which government they wanted to live in |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | Germany's sinking of ships around Great Britain, without giving warning |
| Eastern front | battlefield along the German and Russian border |
| Western front | battlefield along the German and French border |
| Triple entente | original alliance agreed to upon by the French, British and Russians |
| Otto Von Bismarck | helped lead Germany to unification |
| How WWI started | alliances systems, nationalism, Assassination of Ferdinand, militarism (arms race) |
| What was article 231? | It put all of the blame on the Germans and forced them to accept all of the blame for the war |
| What nations made most of the decisions about the terms of peace at the versailles treaty conference? | Britain and France |
| why did Russia drop out of the war? | Because they did not have enough resources, civil unrest in Russia (revolution), too many dead soldiers in Russia |
| What is the legacy of WWI? Why was it important? | Led to WW2, use of technology and industry, death and destruction on a scale never seen before never seen before, |
| Who helped Italy unify? | Giuseppie Girabaldi & Count di Cavour (sardinian king) |
| "powder keg of Europe", why was it called this? | Balkans, because of the issues between the Austrians, Russians and Serbians. Austrians did not want Serbia to unify the slavic countries, Russia wanted them to. |
| versailles treaty effect on Germany | Devastated them economically and took away some of their land and ability to defend themselves |
| What was the battle of the Marne and the importance of it? | Battle between Allies and Germany, ensured that German Schlieffen plan would not work and led to trench warfare |
| Battle of the Somme | battle in which British lost over 60,000 men in one day, killed over 1 million people |
| Gallipoli Campaign | Goal of the allies to capture to the Dardenelles straight to get supplies to the Russians |
