Unit 8 Flashcards
Unit (37 cards)
Define imperialism
A strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically economically and socially
Examples of imperialism The Berlin conference
14 European nations met at the Berlin conference to lay down rules for division of Africa no African ruler was invited to attend these meetings
The Spanish American war
The us fought a war w Spain and took their colonies and led the us to be imperialistic
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Militarism preparing an army
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Alliances triple aillance and triple entente bringing tg diff countries to prove for a common dense
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Imperialism dominating another country using of force to take over govern
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Nationalism love for the country pride
The assassination of ? Of ? Was the spark that started ww1
Archduke franz of Austria Hungary
What is Armenian genocide who caused it n why
Was systematic destruction of the Armenians people and identity the ottoman empire
4 central powers
Germany, Austria Hungary Bulgaria and ottoman empire
5 major allied powers
France Great Britain Russia Italy and maybe later the us?
Describe trench warfare
As the allies and central powers fought to a stalemate on the western front each dug miles of trenches to keep enemy from advancing further into their territory
3 Technology used to break stalemate
Poison gas machine guns tanks
What contributed to the production of these technologies
Because of the Industrial Revolution the us Britain n Germany could mass produce weapons to fight
What was the role of women clock it during the war
Worked in factories men were not the only ones they also volunteered w the Red Cross food n shit
As World War I The Germans the French and the British dug trenches
Stalemate
Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory
Total war
Type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning
Unrestricted submarine warfare
A truce /ceasefire signed to end the fighting of a war
Armistice
2 events led to the us entering the war
Zimmerman note unrestricted submarine
The effect of the us entrance into ww1
The us sent 1000s n the millions of troops to fight the war helped block the North Sea n sent tons of weapons n drs n nurses
An international group of developed after ww1 to prevent war
League of Nations
Was forced to accept guilt for ww1
Germany
Ended ww made Germany pay war reparations disarm lose territory
Treaty of Versailles
