7.1 Key Terms and People

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Young heir whose assassination triggered WWI

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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British passenger ship attacked and sunk by Germans

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Lusitania

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Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico

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Zimmerman Note

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Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

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Central Powers

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Britain, France, and Russia; later joined by the US

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Allies

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Fighting between fortified ditches

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trench warfare

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The space between armies fighting each other

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no man's land

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A promise by the Germans not to sink vessels without warning

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Sussex Pledge

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act of giving two different sides equal strength or power

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balance of power

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a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation

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nationalism