Study sets matching "world wars"
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competition among nations
turned small conflicts into larger ones
more destructive
poison gas
this was a leading cause of the Great War
this was the effect of alliances leading to WWI
this describes weapons used in WWI compared to other wars befo…
this new weapon of WWI was a silent killer
competition among nations
this was a leading cause of the Great War
turned small conflicts into larger ones
this was the effect of alliances leading to WWI
Superpowers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
1945-1991
US and Soviet Union - two most powerful countries in the world…
Military alliance led by US
Military alliance led by Soviet Union
dates of Cold War
Superpowers
US and Soviet Union - two most powerful countries in the world…
NATO
Military alliance led by US
The M.A.I.N. causes of WWI:
The Triple Alliance:
The Triple Entente:
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism... Militarism:... T…
An alliance with Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ita…
An alliance between Britain, France, and Russia.
became ruler of Germany in 1888... Feared a Russian alliance with…
The M.A.I.N. causes of WWI:
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism... Militarism:... T…
The Triple Alliance:
An alliance with Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ita…
competition among nations
turned small conflicts into larger ones
more destructive
poison gas
this was a leading cause of the Great War
this was the effect of alliances leading to WWI
this describes weapons used in WWI compared to other wars befo…
this new weapon of WWI was a silent killer
competition among nations
this was a leading cause of the Great War
turned small conflicts into larger ones
this was the effect of alliances leading to WWI
Totalitarian
Machine guns
France, Britain, USSR, US
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, Ott…
A state that has total control over all aspects of life
Caused the highest death toll in WWI
Allied Powers-WWII
Central Powers-WWI
Totalitarian
A state that has total control over all aspects of life
Machine guns
Caused the highest death toll in WWI
Militarism
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Nationalism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing a…
Alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end…
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia…
A sense of national pride to such an extent of exalting one na…
Militarism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing a…
Triple Alliance
Alliance among Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy at the end…
Industrialization
They wanted markets and resources
Imperialism
Africa and Asia
What created new rivalries (conflicts) between European countr…
What did Germany and other European countries competed around…
System of building (creating) foreign Empires for military and…
European countries claimed (took) colonies from which countrie…
Industrialization
What created new rivalries (conflicts) between European countr…
They wanted markets and resources
What did Germany and other European countries competed around…
atomic bomb
armistice
alliance
appeasement
a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms
An agreement to stop fighting
formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to coop…
A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of…
atomic bomb
a weapon that produces tremendous power by splitting atoms
armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
War
Conflict
Treaty
Peace
A state of armed conflict between different nations or states,…
A serious disagreement or argument
An agreement between countries
Freedom from disturbance or conflict
War
A state of armed conflict between different nations or states,…
Conflict
A serious disagreement or argument
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
14 Points (Woodrow Wilson)
German U-Boat
A document signed between Germany and the allied powers which…
International organization after WWI
Fourteen goals of the US
Unterseeboot ("Undersea boat")
Treaty of Versailles
A document signed between Germany and the allied powers which…
League of Nations
International organization after WWI
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Trench Warfare
No-Man's Land
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and Fr…
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible livin…
Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous
Allied Powers
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and Fr…
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
war bond
armistice
suffrage
19th amendment
paper that shows that the buyer has lent money to the governme…
peace agreement that ended the war
the right for woman to vote
states that women can vote and have the same rights as men.
war bond
paper that shows that the buyer has lent money to the governme…
armistice
peace agreement that ended the war
alliance
Allied Powers
Central Powers
neutral nations
A promise between two or more countries to fight together agai…
Countries that sided against the Germany in World War I. These…
Countries that sided with Germany during World War I. They inc…
Countries that did not get involved in the war.
alliance
A promise between two or more countries to fight together agai…
Allied Powers
Countries that sided against the Germany in World War I. These…
Superpowers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
1945-1991
US and Soviet Union - two most powerful countries in the world…
Military alliance led by US
Military alliance led by Soviet Union
dates of Cold War
Superpowers
US and Soviet Union - two most powerful countries in the world…
NATO
Military alliance led by US
World War I
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
The Great War or War to End all Wars
devotion to one's nation, hostility towards other nations
expanding; seizing territory by adding colonies
military power and warlike attitudes
World War I
The Great War or War to End all Wars
Nationalism
devotion to one's nation, hostility towards other nations
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Militarism
Major alliance during WWI between Germany and Austria-Hungary
Other major alliance in WWI between Britain, France, and the R…
Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was shot, causing the beginnin…
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country…
Triple Alliance
Major alliance during WWI between Germany and Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente
Other major alliance in WWI between Britain, France, and the R…
M.A.I.N.
The Triple Alliance
The Triple Entente
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism... Militarism:... T…
An alliance with Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ita…
An alliance between Britain, France, and Russia.
became ruler of Germany in 1888... Feared a Russian alliance with…
M.A.I.N.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism... Militarism:... T…
The Triple Alliance
An alliance with Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ita…
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Trench Warfare
No-Man's Land
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and Fr…
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible livin…
Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous
Allied Powers
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and Fr…
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Militarism
Major alliance during WWI between Germany and Austria-Hungary
Other major alliance in WWI between Britain, France, and the R…
Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was shot, causing the beginnin…
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country…
Triple Alliance
Major alliance during WWI between Germany and Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente
Other major alliance in WWI between Britain, France, and the R…
Alliance
Armistice
Bolsheviks
Eastern Front
A joining together for some common purpose
An agreement to stop fighting
A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who…
a stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
Alliance
A joining together for some common purpose
Armistice
An agreement to stop fighting
THE BLACK HAND
BLANK CHECK
MACHINE GUN
POISONOUS GAS
Serbian nationalist organization responsible for killing Archd…
Germany swears to support Austria-Hungary in any actions it ta…
An automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as…
first used by Germany. Gas masks had to be worn, or the poison…
THE BLACK HAND
Serbian nationalist organization responsible for killing Archd…
BLANK CHECK
Germany swears to support Austria-Hungary in any actions it ta…
Central Powers (WWI)
Allies Powers (WWI)
Schlieffen plan
Causes of WWI
Germany... Austria-Hungary... Ottoman Empire
Russia... France... Great Britain (GB)... Serbia... U.S.A
german military plan ... quick advance through northern france in…
M.A.I.N... militarism... alliances... imperialism... nationalism
Central Powers (WWI)
Germany... Austria-Hungary... Ottoman Empire
Allies Powers (WWI)
Russia... France... Great Britain (GB)... Serbia... U.S.A