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** Define: **
concentrate, deal with one particular thing above all others

armistice, an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certaintime; a truce.

consistent, a period of time // : manufacturing processes require a consistent approach//

reparation, the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

clause, a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank andin traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.

mandate. Law a commission by which a party is entrusted to perform a service, .without payment and with indemnity against loss by that party.

Erich von Ludendorff,  1865 – 20 December 1937) was a german military officer victor of liege, and, with paul Von Hindenberg, one of the victors of the battle of tannanberg.
 * Identify: **

Friedrich Ebert,  February 1871 – 28 February 1925) was a German politician of the social party of germany.

David Lloyd George, 1916–22. His coalition government wasthreatened by economic problems and trouble in Ireland. He resigned when the

Conservatives withdrew their support in 1922.

Georges Clemenceau. 1906–09 and 1917–20.At the Versailles peace talks hepushed hard for a punitive settlement with Germany, but failed to obtainall that he demanded.

PART 1: ( QUESTIONS!!!)

1. **What did liberals believe about European states in the early nineteenth century?**
They believed if European states were organized along national lines, these states could create a peaceful Europe

2. **Name the two loose alliances of Europe’s great powers?**

Triple alliance & the triple Entente 3. **What did trade unions and Socialist parties do to achieve their goals?** Russia supported Serbia's desire to become an independent Slavic state because they feel a bond with Serbia as a fellow Slavic Orthodox nation. There has always been a strong theme of Slavic brotherhood running through Russian foreign policy.

4. **What did the large size of European armies make obvious?**

to make the opposing allies scared of them.

5. **What three things may have played a role in starting World War I?**

militarism nationalism and desire to stifle internal dissent 6. **Which country supported Serbia’s desire to create an independent Slavic state?**

7. **What assassination instigated war between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?** The assasination of the Austrian Archduke & his wife, was just the final flame to ignite the fire of the World War 1. The assasination plus Serbia's unwillingness to cooperate only added fuel to the fire

8. **What action of Russia prompted Germany to declare war?** The Imperial German Government have used every effort since the beginning of the crisis to bring a peaceful settlement in compliance with a wish expressed to him by his majesty the emperor of russia, the german emperor had undertaken, in concert with Great Britain, the part of mediator between the Cabinets of Vienna and St Petersburg..but Russia, without waiting for any result, proceeded to a general mobilisation of her forces both on land and sea!

9. **What was Germany’s Schlieffen Plan?** Schelieffen Plane was the German General Staff's early 20th century overall strategic plan for victory in a possible future war where it might find itself fighting on two fronts: France to the west and Russian to the east.

10. **By what route did Germany invade France?** France put all there trust in their Maginot line. Because of this Germany was able to skirt around France's defenses. Germany developed, between the wars, a new form of warfare

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11. **For what official reason did Great Britain declare war on Germany?** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. As a result of it's aliance with Belgium, Britain declares war on Germany.