Herzl
started the Zionist movement
Propaganda
ideas that are true or false that are spread to gain people's support
Central Powers
Germany, Austria, Ottoman Empire
Nationalism
excessive pride in one's country; citizens and govenments wanted to be #1
Militarism
national policy of building and maintaining an army
Dawes Plan
repayment schedule for Germany
Satyagraha
belief of Gandhi's; noncooperation, civil disobediance
Mohandas Gandhi
independence leader in India; nonviolence!
B.G. Tilak
independence leader in India; tradtional India/Hindu beliefs
Disillusionment
having no hope for the future
Balfour declaration
1917; Document that promised Palestine to the Jews
McMahon Pledge
1914; Document that promised Palestine to the Arabs
Reparations
goods payments that the loser of a war pays
Indemnities
cash payments that the loser of a war pays
Negritude Movement
focus on African heritage
Pan Africanism
the unity of all Africans
Zionism
movement for Jews to return to the Promised Land
Triple Entente
France, Britain, Russia
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination by a Serbian terrorist named Princep started WWI
Gallipoli
where the Ottoman Empire defeated the British
Alliances
when 2+ countries join together for defensive purposes
Imperialism
the race to gain more and more land via colonies; before WWI, the scramble for what little land that was left increased tension
jingoism
warlike nationalist feelings among the working class people
Zimmerman Note
letter sent from Germany to Mexico urging them to join the side of the Central Powers
Lusitania
British passanger ship sunk by the Germans in 1915
Attrition
each side tried to wear the other out
Armistice
cease fire, stoppage of fighting
Dinshawai Incident
1906; British killed a prayer leader's wife which turned into riots
League of Nations
international peace organization
Self-determination
the right for a country to chose it's own governemnt and exist free and independent
Allied Powers
Russia, Britain, France (later Italy and U.S. as well)
mobilization
to prepare one's country for war
Schlieffen Plan
Germany's plan to attack France in order to avoid a war on 2 fronts
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria, Italy
contraband
anything illegal
Ataturk
independence leader of Turkey, focused on Westernization, "the Father of the Turks"
Globalization
integration of the world's economies, cultures and ideas