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Triple Entente, Allied Powers
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World War I alliance involving Britain, France, and Russia
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Triple Alliance, Central Powers
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World War I alliance involving Germany, Austria - Hungary, and Italy (who eventually switched powers and went to the Triple Entente)
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Balance of power
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Distribution of political and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong
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Boer War
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-occuring from 1899 to 1902 between the British and the Boers (dutch farmers)
-began after the British tried to annex the Boer republics
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Bolshevik
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Member of 1917 Russian Revolutionary group
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Boxer Rebellion
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1900, a group of boxers assaulted foreign communities across China
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Capitalism
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Economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit
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Common law
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Uniform system of justice, developed in england, based on court decisions that became accepted legal principles
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Congress of Vienna
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Conference held in 1815 among european diplomats that had the prupose of restoring order and stability to europe
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Cultural diffusion
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The exchange of ideas, customs, goods, and technologies among cultures
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Czar
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Term for autocratic ruler of Russia; king. Russian word for "Ceasar" (Nicholas II, last czar of Russia)
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Imperialism
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Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
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MAIN resons for WWI
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Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
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League of nations
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Group of more than 40 countries formed after WWI with the foal of settling problems through negotiation, not war
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Militarism
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Build up of ones army. one of the MAIN resons for the start of WWI.
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