AP Euro - Unit 8 exam 2024
World War I - (1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great
Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States defeated the alliance of
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
Total War - A war in which distinctions between the soldiers on the battlefield and
civilians at home are blurred, and where the government plans and controls
economic and social life in order to supply the armies at the front with supplies
and weapons.
Triple Alliance - The alliance of Austria, Germany, and Italy. Italy left the alliance
when war broke out in 1914 on the grounds that Austria had launched a war of
aggression.
Schlieffen Plan - Failed German plan calling for a lightning attack through neutral
Belgium and a quick defeat of France before turning on Russia.
Triple Entente - The alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia prior to and
during the First World War.
Trench Warfare - A type of fighting used in World War I behind rows of trenches,
mines, and barbed wire; the cost in lives was staggering and the gains in territory
minimal.
, AP Euro - Unit 8 exam 2024
Armenian Genocide (1915) - Some welcome the Russians as liberators. Muslim
Ottoman government orders a genocidal mass deportation of Armenians- 1.5
million died from murder, starvation and disease.
Russian Revolution (1905) - Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the
country's defeat at the hands of Japan; the revolution was suppressed, but it
forced the government to make substantial reforms.
Russian Revolution (1917) - The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in
Russia which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet
Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II
and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first
revolution of February (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar
was in use in Russia at the time). Alongside it arose grassroots community
assemblies (called 'Soviets') which contended for authority. In the second
revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power
was given to the Soviets.
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) - Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He
lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917, then returned to Russia to lead the
Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.
World War I - (1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great
Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States defeated the alliance of
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
Total War - A war in which distinctions between the soldiers on the battlefield and
civilians at home are blurred, and where the government plans and controls
economic and social life in order to supply the armies at the front with supplies
and weapons.
Triple Alliance - The alliance of Austria, Germany, and Italy. Italy left the alliance
when war broke out in 1914 on the grounds that Austria had launched a war of
aggression.
Schlieffen Plan - Failed German plan calling for a lightning attack through neutral
Belgium and a quick defeat of France before turning on Russia.
Triple Entente - The alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia prior to and
during the First World War.
Trench Warfare - A type of fighting used in World War I behind rows of trenches,
mines, and barbed wire; the cost in lives was staggering and the gains in territory
minimal.
, AP Euro - Unit 8 exam 2024
Armenian Genocide (1915) - Some welcome the Russians as liberators. Muslim
Ottoman government orders a genocidal mass deportation of Armenians- 1.5
million died from murder, starvation and disease.
Russian Revolution (1905) - Spontaneous rebellion that erupted in Russia after the
country's defeat at the hands of Japan; the revolution was suppressed, but it
forced the government to make substantial reforms.
Russian Revolution (1917) - The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in
Russia which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet
Union. The Russian Empire collapsed with the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II
and the old regime was replaced by a provisional government during the first
revolution of February (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar
was in use in Russia at the time). Alongside it arose grassroots community
assemblies (called 'Soviets') which contended for authority. In the second
revolution that October, the Provisional Government was toppled and all power
was given to the Soviets.
Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) - Leader of the Bolshevik (later Communist) Party. He
lived in exile in Switzerland until 1917, then returned to Russia to lead the
Bolsheviks to victory during the Russian Revolution and the civil war that followed.
