Hello, everyone! Here is your heritage homework.
- read pp.190-195
- activity book p.87
And repeat
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Alliance System – A network of treaties and agreements between nations (e.g., Triple Alliance, Triple Entente) that promised mutual defense, helping escalate a small conflict into a world war.
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Triple Alliance – Pre-war alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (though Italy later switched sides).
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Triple Entente – Pre-war alliance between Britain, France, and Russia, opposing the Triple Alliance.
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Central Powers – Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during the war.
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Allied Powers – Britain, France, Russia, Italy (after 1915), and later the United States and others.
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Western Front – Stalemated battlefront in France/Belgium, characterised by trench warfare.
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Eastern Front – Battlefront between Germany/Austria-Hungary and Russia, with more movement than the West.
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Trench Warfare – Defensive military strategy where soldiers fought from long ditches; led to stalemates and horrific conditions.
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Lusitania – British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, influencing U.S. opinion against Germany.
See you later!
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