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| Powder Key of Europe | The southeastern area of Europe, the Balkans, the nationalistic spirit that was causing revolts and rebellion in that area prior to WWI. Where that WWI began with the assisnation of Archduke Ferdinand |
| Total War | war where every available weapon was used and the nation fully financed |
| Treaty of Germain en laye | signed on Sept 10, 1919 by victorious Allies of WWI and by the Republic of German-Austria. COntained the outline of the League of Nations |
| Treaty of Trianon | peace treay concluded at the end of WWI by Allies on one side and Hungary. It established the borders of Hungary and regulated its international situation |
| Treaty of Servres | One of a series of treaties, the Central Powers were made to sign after their defeat that marked the end of WWI |
| Von Schlieffen Plan | A strategy intended for German victory over a Franco-Russioan alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and quicklt defeating France through the Low Countries |
| Total Dead | amonut of deaths by all sides of WWI |
| Machine gun | automatic gun that fires bullets quickly one after another |
| Balkan Wasr | Two conflicts taht took place in the Balkan Peninsula SE Europe. Four Balkan states beat the Ottoman Empire in the first war, Bulgaria was defeated in the 2nd war. The Ottoman Empire lost nearly all of its holdings in Europe |
| Bosnian Crisis | Also called the Ennexation Crisis or First Balkan Crisis, Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Zimmermann Note | a secret telegram sent on 1/16/1917 by German foreign secretary to the German Ambassador of the United States, stating Mexico should be asked to enter the war as a German ally |
| Sussex Pledge | A promise made in 1916, during WWI by Germany to the USA before the US entered the War. Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare allowing armed merchant ships but NOT passenger ships to be torpedoed without warning |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Kaiser of Germany and king of Prussia (1888 -1918) Grandson of Queen Victoria, supported the Afrikaners in South Africa's demands on Serbia. He was forced to step down at the end of World War I |
| Rationing | a set allowance of food especially for soldiers or sailors or civilians during a food shortage |
| Propaganda | information, ideas, or rumors spread our used to help or harm a person, group.. advertising used to convince |
| League of Nations | intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended first World War. The first international organization whose mission was to maintain world peace |
