unit 4 half test Flashcards

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Triple alliance

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A military alliance between Germany Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years preceding World War I

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Militarism

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A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

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Triple entente

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A military alliance between Great Britain France and Russia in the years preceding World War I

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Central Powers

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In World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria hungry, along with the other nations that fought on their side

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Allies

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In World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that bought on their side: also, the group of nations – including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, in the United States – that opposed the axis powers in World War II

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Armistice

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An agreement to stop fighting

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Bolshevik

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A group of revolutionary Russian Marxist who took control of Russia’s government in November 1917

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Civil disobedience

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A deliberate and public refusal to obey a law considered I’m just

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Command economy

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An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions

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Eastern front

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In World War I, the region along the Germany – Russian border where Russians and serves battled Germans, Austrian, and Turks

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Fourteen points

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A series of proposals in which US Pres. Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I

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Great purge

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A campaign of terror and the Soviet Union during the 1930s, in which Joseph Stallon sought to eliminate all Communist Party members and others citizens who threatened

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Collective farm

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A large government controlled farm formed by combining many small farms

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Kuamintang

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The Chinese Nationalist party, formed in 1912

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League of Nations

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An international Association formed after World War I with the goal of peace among nations

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Long march

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A 6000 mile journey made in 1934 to 1935 by Chinese communist fleeing from Jiang jieshi’s nationalist forces

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Proletariat

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In Marxist theory, the group of workers who would overthrow the czar and come to rule Russia

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Propaganda

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Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause

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Provisional government

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A temporary government

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Rationing

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The limiting of the amount of goods people can buy – often imposed by government during wartime, when goods are in short supply

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Schlieffen plan

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Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of World War I according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then moved east to attack Russia

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Self determination

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The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live

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Soviet

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One of the local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of Czar Nicholas II

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Totalitarianism

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Government control over every aspect of republic and private life

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Total war

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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort

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Treaty of Versailles

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A peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I

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Trench warfare

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A form of warfare in which opposing army fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield

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Unrestricted submarine warfare

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The use of submarines to sink without warning any shit including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners found in any enemies waters

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Western front

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In World War I, the region of northern France where the forces of the allies in the Central Powers battled each other

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Causes of World War I

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Militarism, alliances, nationalism, and imperialism, assassination