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An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years before WWI, also known as the Central Powers.
Triple Alliance
An agreement of cooperation between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I to keep Germany and other powers in check.
Triple Entente
Austrian peace activist whose novel Lay Down Your Arms won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905.
Bertha Von Suttner
A battleship with increased speed and power developed by Germany and Great Britain, part of the militaristic trend before WWI.
Dreadnought
Increased tension between Germany and Britain by sharing German congratulations to the Dutch for a victory over the British.
Krueger Telegram
Nickname for the Balkans due to the numerous conflicts that broke out in the region.
Powder Keg
Nickname given to the Ottoman Empire because its strength was declining.
Sick Man
Heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, assassinated by a Serbian nationalist, sparking WWI.
Franz Ferdinand
The region of Northern France where Allied and Central Powers battled each other during WWI.
Western Front
The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs fought against Germans, Austrians, and Turks during WWI.
Eastern Front
Colonel who led Britain to help the Arabs overthrow the Ottoman Empire.
T.E. Lawrence
Occurred during WWI, resulted from Ottoman claims that the Armenian people were cooperating with the Allies.
Armenian Genocide
A conflict where participating countries devote all resources to the war effort.
Total War
Occurred in 1916 due to frustrations of Irish nationalists over postponed home rule.
Easter Rebellion
German Marxist and anti-war activist.
Clara Zetkin
Woodrow Wilson's plan for organizing post WWI Europe and avoiding future wars, largely ignored at the peace conference.
14 Points
An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations.
League of Nations
The meeting that decided the terms of WWI peace, dominated by the winners.
Paris Peace Conference
Allocation of former German and Ottoman possessions to victorious powers after WWI.
Mandate System
Agreement ending WWI; included huge reparations for Germany and the War Guilt Clause.
Versailles Treaty
German republic founded after WWI and the downfall of the monarchy.
Weimar
British economist who wrote about the economic consequences of the WWI peace agreement.
John Maynard Keynes
Last tsar of Russia, marking the end of the Romanov dynasty.
Nicholas II
Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and first head of the USSR.
Vladimir Lenin
The Socialist party that opposed the Bolsheviks, seeking a democratic party with mass membership.
Mensheviks
Russian revolutionary who helped build the Red Army and was prevented from being Lenin's successor.
Trotsky
Self-proclaimed holy man with significant influence over Tsarina Alexandra, making the Tsar unpopular.
Rasputin
The revolution against the Tsarist government that led to Nicholas II's abdication.
February Revolution
Head of the Provisional Government in 1917 who refused to redistribute land to peasants.
Kerensky
Council of workers and soldiers set up by Russian revolutionaries in 1917.
Soviet
Radical order that placed power in the hands of elected committees of common soldiers.
Army Order No.1
Bolshevik leader’s promise to the Russian people to provide peace, land, and bread.
April Theses
Humiliating peace treaty signed by Russia with Germany, marking its exit from WWI.
Brest-Litovsk
Coup d'état by the Bolsheviks in November 1917 leading to civil war.
October Revolution
Name for the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War.
Reds
All those who opposed the Bolsheviks during the civil war.
Whites
The secret police of the Bolsheviks.
Cheka
Economic system introduced under Bolshevik rule involving land and factory seizure.
War Communism
New country created in 1922, replacing the Russian Empire.
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR)