World War 1 and Russian Revolution Study Guide – Flashcards

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The Triple Alliance
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The countries Germany, Austria-Hungary, and The Ottoman Empire, they started WWI.
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The Triple Entente
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The countries Great Britain, France, and the Russian Empire. (The good guys)
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Militarism
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the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
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Alliances
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a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
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Imperialism
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a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
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Nationalism
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patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
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Franz Ferdinand
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Prince of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, assassinated in 1914
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Franz Josef
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The leader of Austria-Hungary and started WWI by declaring war on the Kingdom of Serbia.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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The leader of Germany that, through a number of political actions, supported Austria-Hungary in WWI
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Czar Nicholas II
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The leader of Russia that supported the Kingdom of Serbia
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Stalemate
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a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.
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Trench Warfare
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a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches
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Armistice
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an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce
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Fourteen Points
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The points written by the President of the USA in an attempt to try to stop another World War from happening.
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Woodrow Wilson
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The US President that made the Fourteen Points.
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David Lloyd George
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Representative of Britain at the Paris Peace Conference following the defeat of the Central Powers.
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Vittorio Orlando
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Representative of Italy at the Paris Peace Conference.
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Georges Clemenceau
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Represented France at the Paris Peace Conference.
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Self-Determination
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the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government
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Reparations
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the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged
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War-Guilt Clause
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the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles
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Treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty that ended the war between Germany and the Allies in WWI, however it led to WWII because of the reparations that Germany had to follow
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League of Nations
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Woodrow Wilson's idea of an international peace keeping force that composed of all the Powers at the time
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March Revolution
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The revolution focused around Petrograd in 1917, in the chaos, the duma took control of the government.
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Proletariat
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workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)
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Karl Marx
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The Prussian-born philosopher who created Marxism as an improvement on Capitalism.
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Lenin
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Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist
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Bolsheviks
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a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which was renamed the Communist Party after seizing power in the October Revolution of 1917
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Leon Trotsky
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Marxist revolutionary and theorist, a Soviet politician who engineered the transfer of all political power to the Soviets with the October Revolution of 1917, and the founding leader of the Red Army.
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Joseph Stalin
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leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953
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Communism
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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
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