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| Europe | Continent where WWI started and where most of the fighting took place. |
| Balkan | Nationalist ideas (countries competing)on this peninsula in Europe helped cause World War I. |
| Entangling | These type of alliances caused many countries to get involved in WWI. |
| Franz Ferdinand | The assasination of this Austrian Archduke in Serbia was the short term cause of the war. |
| Verdun | World war I battle in the trenches (western front) where over 100,000 people are killed. |
| Russia | When this country was defeated by Germany, it allowed Germany to put more troops on the western front. |
| trenches | These were used a great deal on the western front where U. S. troops fought. |
| poison gas | This was used extensivly on the western front in World war I to kill massive amounts of soldiers. |
| Versailles | The name for the treaty which ended World War I. |
| Punish | This term describes what happens to Germany in the Treaty of Versailles. |
| reparations | Term which means "pay back" |
| 33 billion | The amount of money Germany had to repay because they were blamed for WWI. |
| Austria-Hungary (Hapsburg Empire) | The Eastern European country that was split up in the Treaty of Versailles |
| Mandates | Term referring to European nations controlling parts of the Middle East after World War I. |
| Ottoman Empire (Turkey) | This country loses much of its territory and becomes known as Turkey after World War I. |
| Middle East | The treaty of Versailles creates many new countries (such as Iraq and Iran) in this area after World War I. |
| militirism | One of the Reasons for World War I. This refers to the massive build up of soldiers and men on both sides and the wish to use them. |
| First Communist leader of Russia who wanted to give people peace, land, and bread. | V. Lenin |
| 2nd Communist leader of Russia- brutal dictator and started Five Year Plans | J. Stalin |
| Name for Stalin's plans to make Russia an industrialized nation. It was very brutal. Many died. | Five Year Plans |
