Militarism: 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
the Black Hand: Serbian terrorist group who killed Francis Ferdinand of Austria. the blank check: Germany told Austria they could rely on their full support during the war. the Schlieffen Plan: Germany would first fight France and then go after Russia. the First Battle of the Marne: Germany seemed to win against france but the British army came and saved the day. trench warfare: Warring in trenches. Sides stayed in same places for years. the Battles of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes:Russia moved into east germany but was defeated by Hindenburds army. Verdun and the Somme:Showed how sensless trench warefare was. Half a million people died for a few miles of land. new military technology: Tanks were invented but didnt work to well. In addition, people used poison gas and machine guns. the Central Powers: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Ottomans, Bulgaria. the Allies: France, Russia, Serbia, Italy, Great Britian, and united states. unrestricted submarine warfare: Germany could shoot whichever boat they wanted to. Killed a bunch of Americans during it. total war (there are three pages on this, be thorough.): Involves complete mobolization of the army. People ration supplys and most young men go to war. Women have lots more jobs and companies are nationalized. Georges Clemenceau: Leader of frances wartime government. When the peace came, he wanted to punish germany and make them pay for all the destruction. Defence of the Realm Act: Passed by british. Allowed police to arrest anyone who had a negative view towards the war. Also allowed to censor the news papers. Lloyd George: Prime minister of Great Britain.Also wanted to punish Germany. Tsar Nicholas II: Used army and Beuracracy to run his army. Was overthrown. Rasputin: Serbian peasent who saved the princesses son. Had a lot of influence in the throne. the March Revolution:Women got in a march and chanted. Soliders were sent there to shoot them but the soldiers joined the womens sides. The tsar was overthrown. Soviets: Councils of workers who meet in every town. Bolsheviks: Led by Lenin. Wanted to overthwrow capitalism. Mensheviks: Wanted to get a socialist state. V.I. Lenin: led bolsheivks. April Theses: Lenin made a blueprint of what was going to happen, He would end the war and redistribute all the land and factories. Peace, land, bread: What the blosheviks shouted. Alexander Kerensky:Prime minister of the provisional gov. Released the blishevs from prison. Leon Trotsky: He was the war commander for the bolishevs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Lenin ended war by giving up Poland, finland and Ukraine. Russian Civil War: The boliksheivs vs everybody else.

war communism: It was nationalizing of banks, using secret police and getting grains from peasents. the Cheka: They were the secret police controlled by Lenin. German Communist Party: Wilsons Fourteen Points: The address was intended to assure the country

that the war was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe
Paris Peace Conference: Where the leaders of countries met and tried to make a resolution. self-determination:Determined to do stuff by themselves. the League of Nations : Create a leuge of natons so there would be no more future wars. The Treaty of Versailles: Treaty with germany. Ordered germany to pay for all the damage they caused. Germany had to reduce army size and give up Alsac and Lorrane. war-guilt clause: Germany acknowledged that it and Austria started the war. Reparations: Payments. Mandates: When france took over leganon and Syria and brithish got iraq and Palestine, that was called mandates.