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WW1 Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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Militarism | Policy of glorifying military power and preparing for war. |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | Germany’s leader during WWI. |
Central Powers- (List countries) | Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire |
Allies- (List countries) | France, Russia, Great Britain, U.S, and Serbia |
Western Front | Region of Northern France in WWI where Allies and Central Powers battled in trenches. |
Schlieffen Plan | Germany’s plan to defeat France and then move east to attack Russia. |
Trench warfare | Form of warfare in which opposing sides fought in trenches. |
Eastern Front | Region along the German-Russian border in WWI. |
Unrestricted submarine warfare | Submarines would sink without warning any ship found in an enemy’s waters. |
Total war | war where a country devotes all their resources to the war effort. |
Rationing | limiting the amount of goods people can buy. |
Propaganda | Information spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent’s cause. |
Armistice | agreement to stop fighting. |
Woodrow Wilson | leader of the U.S during WWI. |
Georges Clemenceau | France’s leader during WWI. |
Fourteen Points | Wilson’s peace plan. |
Self-determination | Freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live. |
Treaty of Versailles | Peace treaty signed after WWI. Blames Germany for the war. |
League of Nations | International association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among nations. |