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History Chp14
Europe after World War I
Term | Definition |
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Archduke Franz Ferdinard | Heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination lit the spark that started WW1 |
Allies/The Entente Powers | Britain and its empire, France, Russia, Italy and USA (from 1917). |
Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. |
the Big Three | President Woodrow Willson (USA), PM David Lloyd George (GB), PM Georges Clemenceau (FR). |
14 point peace plan | A plan put forward for Europe by President Wilson. It included suggestions for a League of Nations and self-determination. |
self-determination | People of one race and language should be free to set up their own governments. |
League of Nations | An international organization established after WW1. The League, the forerunner of the United Nations, brought about international cooperation on health, labor problems, refugee affairs, and the like. |
Reparations | refers to the money that Germany had to pay as compensation for the damage it caused in WW1 |
Democracy | People are free to choose their own government. |
Dictatorship | The country is led by a single ruler or party. |
Communism | a political system that believes the wealth of a country should be held in the hands of the State for the common good of the people. |
Fascism | a political movement that emerged in Europe in the interwar years. Fascists believed in a dictatorship and extreme nationalism. They were anti-communist. |
Treaty of Versailles | A peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France, on June 28, 191 |
No Man's Land | The strip of land between the opposing armies. |