War line between Belgium and Switzerland turning World War I; featured trench warfare and massive casualties among combatants
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Eastern Front
War zone from the Balkans where Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Russians, and Balkan nations fought
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Franz Ferdinand
Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914; precipitated World War I
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Armenian genocide
Assault carried out by mainly Turkish military forces against this population in Anatolia in 1915; over a million perished, and thousands fled to Russia and the Middle East
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Self-determination
Right of people in a region to choose their own political system and its leaders
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Mandates
Governments entrusted to victorious European World War I nations over the colonies of the defeated powers
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League of Nations
International organization of nations created after World War I; designed to preserve world peace; the United States never joined
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