history ww1

Otto Von Bismarck - German Chancellor who unified Germany using "Blood and Iron"
2nd Reich - The German Empire, established in 1871
William I - First Kaiser of unified Germany
Giuseppe Mazzini - Italian nationalist, founder of Young Italy
Young Italy - Political movement aiming for Italian unification
Camillo Cavour - Prime Minister of Sardinia, key in unifying Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi - Led the Red Shirts to help unify Italy
Victor Emmanuel - First King of a united Italy
The Hapsburgs - Austrian ruling family, controlled vast territories
Dual Monarchy - Austria-Hungary, ruled by Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph - Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
Ottoman Empire - Known as “The Sick Man of Europe”
David Livingstone - British explorer and missionary in Africa
Cecil Rhodes - British imperialist who promoted expansion in Africa
King Leopold II - Belgian king responsible for atrocities in the Congo
Shaka Zulu - Leader of the Zulu Kingdom, resisted British and Boers
Boers - Dutch settlers in South Africa, fought Britain
Menelik II - Emperor of Ethiopia, modernized and resisted colonization
Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente - France, Russia, Britain
Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers - Britain, France, Russia (later the U.S.)
The Black Hand - Serbian nationalist group that assassinated Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip - Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand - His assassination sparked World War I
Tsar Nicholas II - Last Tsar of Russia, overthrown in the Russian Revolution
Woodrow Wilson - U.S. President during WWI, proposed 14 Points
Kaiser Wilhelm - German emperor, abdicated at the end of WWI
Weimar Republic - German democratic government after WWI