front 1 tension | back 1 the state of being stretched tight; mental or emotional strain |
front 2 neutral | back 2 Not favoring either side in a dispute |
front 3 atrocities | back 3 Horrible acts committed against innocent people |
front 4 hostility | back 4 unfriendliness; hatred |
front 5 stalemate | back 5 A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible |
front 6 reconciliation | back 6 the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute |
front 7 opposition | back 7 a resistance; a disagreement |
front 8 militarism | back 8 A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |
front 9 alliance | back 9 An agreement to work together |
front 10 Imperialism | back 10 A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially, and economically. |
front 11 Nationalism | back 11 A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country |
front 12 assasination | back 12 the act of killing someone (usually a famous person)
deliberately; |
front 13 "Sick Man of Europe" Ottoman Empire | back 13 a label given to a nation which is located in some part of Europe and experiencing a time of economic difficulty or impoverishment. The Ottoman Empire's internal authority had broken down, it was not able to keep order in Macedonia and Albania, and the Balkans were on the verge of war. |
front 14 Balkan Powder Keg | back 14 the nickname for the Ottoman empire because of the way it was set up for disaster, with many nationalist groups fighting for freedom |
front 15 Total War | back 15 A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort |
front 16 propaganda | back 16 information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
front 17 reparations | back 17 payment for damages after a war; |
front 18 Trench Warfare | back 18 A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. |
front 19 Treaty of Versailles | back 19 the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded large reparations from the Germans |
front 20 League of Nations | back 20 an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations |
front 21 self-determination | back 21 each person's ability to make choices and manage their own life; The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will |
front 22 Mandate System | back 22 an attempt to stop the cycle of war and fighting over conquered land by appropriating the land of the collapsed Ottoman Empire and the colonies of Germany. |
front 23 Archduke Franz Ferdinand | back 23 Heir to the Austrian throne whose assassination by a Serbian nationalist on June 28, 1914, was the spark that ignited World War I. |
front 24 Wilson's 14 point plan | back 24 plan for world peace, divided into 3 parts, 1-5=issues addressed to avoid war, 6-14 dealt with boundary changes, rejected by allies |
front 25 Woodrow Wilson | back 25 President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations. |
front 26 Armenian Massacre | back 26 An act of genocide by the rulers of Ottoman Turkey during WWI against Christian Armenians, in which a half million Armenians died. |