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history chapter 23
lesson 1
Question | Answer |
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Militarism | the aggressive strengthening or armed forces |
Imperialism | building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations |
Nationalism | feelings of loyalty to ones nation |
Archduke Francis Ferdinand | heir to Austria-hungry shot by a Serb that sparked WWI |
Chancellor Otto Von Bismark and Kaiser Wilhelm | brought together German states to create Germany |
Slavs | wanted to break away from Austria-Hungry and join the independent Slavic country of Serbia |
Mobilize | prepare its military for war |
Central Powers | alliance between Austria-hungry and Germany/ later Bulgaria and Ottoman empire joined |
Allied Powers | France, Russia, Brittan, later US and Italy |
First Battle of the Marrne | Sept. 3, french beat german |
Western front | long battle in Mid September that was from the north sea to Switzerland |
Trench Warfare | defending a position by fighting from the protection of edeep dictches |
Tanks | armored combat vehicles that can cause heavy damage but cannot be destroyed easy |
Airplanes | used to gather enemy location |
Stalemate | a situation in which neither side can win a decisive victory |
Battle of Verdun | longest battle of WWI, allies attacked along the Somme river |
U-boats | launched torpedoes against allied supply ships causing heavy losses |