world war I vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Militarism | The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war |
Triple Alliance | An association of the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan, which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | A German Empire |
Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding WW1 |
Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WW1, according t0 which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia |
Central powers | The nations of Germany and Austria- Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side |
Allies | Other nations that fought on their side; also, the group of nations- including Great Britain, Soviet Union, and United States |
Western Front | The region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other |
trench warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield |
Eastern Front | The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
unrestricted submarine warfare | The use of submarines to sink without warning and ship found in an enemy's water |
total war | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort |
rationing | The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy- often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply |
propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause |
armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
Woodrow Wilson | The 28th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1913-1919. A leading Progressive, arguing for a stronger central government and fighting for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. |
Georges Clemenceau | French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs. |
David Lloyd George | A key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. |
Fourteen Points | series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WW1 |
self-determination | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live |
Treaty of Versallies | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after WW1 |
League of Nations | An international association formed after WW1 with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
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