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WH: WWI
World War I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Triple Alliance | ALLIANCE OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ITALY (454) |
| Triple Entente | ALLIANCE OF FRANCE, RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN (455) |
| NATIONALISM, MILITARISM, IMPERIALISM, ALLIANCES | CAUSES OF WWI (455,456) |
| Alliance | AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NATIONS TO DEFEND ONE ANOTHER (454) |
| Nationalism | DEVOTION TO ONE'S NATION THAT OFTEN LED TO RIVALRIES |
| Imperialism | STRONGER NATIONS CONTROL WEAKER NATIONS THROUGH FORCE AND DOMINATE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| Militarism | Glorification of the military (456) |
| Pan Slavism | RUSSIAN BELIEF THAT ALL SLAVIC PEOPLE SHARE A COMMON NATIONALITY (456) |
| Powder Keg | THE BALKANS IN 1914 (457) |
| Francis Ferdinand | Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne who was assassinated in Sarajevo ((457) |
| Gavrilo Princep | Member of the Black Hand (Serbian nationalist) who assassinated Francis Ferdinand (457) |
| Ultimatum | A FINAL SET OF DEMANDS (ISSUED BY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY TO SERBIA)(457) |
| Neutrality | Policy of taking neither side in a conflict (458) |
| Western Front | BATTLEGROUND DURING WWI BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY (460) |
| Trench Warfare | TYPE OF WARFARE USED ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING WWI (462) |
| Stalemate | DEADLOCK IN WHICH NEITHER SIDE IS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE OTHER (460) |
| MACHINE GUN, LONG RANGE ARTILLERY, POISON GAS, TANKS, AIRPLANES, SUBMARINES, ZEPPELINS | Weapons of WWI |
| No Man's Land | LAND BETWEEN THE OPPOSING TRENCHES (462) |
| Aces | Pilots of WWI who participated in dogfights (air battles) |
| U boats | German Submarines |
| Convoys | GROUPS OF MERCHANT SHIPS PROTECTED BY WARSHIPS |
| Total War | DEVOTING A NATION'S ENTIRE RESOURCES TO WAR EFFORT (467) |
| Conscription | GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT THAT ALL MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE BE READY FOR MILITARY SERVICE; THE "DRAFT" (467) |
| Rationing | government controlled limits on certain items |
| Blockade | TACTIC USED TO KEEP SUPPLIES FROM GETTING INTO OR OUT OF A PORT; USED BY BRITAIN AGAINST GERMANY |
| Contraband | MILITARY SUPPLIES AND RAW MATERIALS NEEDED FOR WAR (468) |
| Lusitania | PASSENGER LINER SUNK BY GERMAN U-BOATS DURING WWI; 128 AMERICANS DIED (468) |
| Woodrow Wilson | AMERICAN PRESIDENT DURING WWI |
| Propaganda | Spreading ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause (especially by governments)(468) |
| Atrocities | HORRIBLE ACTS COMMITTED AGAINST INNOCENT PEOPLE (469) |
| Russian Revolution | IN 1917, OVERTHROW OF THE CZAR BY LENIN AND THE BOLSHEVIKS (469) |
| Vladimir Lenin | LEADER OF BOLSHEVIKS AND RUSSIA AFTER THE REVOLUTION (470) |
| Zimmerman Telegram | PROPOSAL BY GERMANY TO MEXICO PROMISING TO RETURN LANDS IN SW UNITED STATES IF MEXICO JOINED GERMANY IN THE WAR (470) |
| Fourteen Points | PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON'S PLAN TO RESOLVE WWI AND FUTURE CONFLICTS; 14TH POINT WAS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS (471) |
| Armistice | AN AGREEMENT TO END FIGHTING (471) |
| Pandemic | WORLDWIDE EPIDEMIC (INFLUENZA AFTER WWI) (472) |
| Reparations | Payment for war damages (472) |
| Bolshevism | SYNONYM FOR Communism (473) |
| Big Three | Leaders of nations - Woodrow Wilson (US); David Lloyd George (Britain); George Clemenceau (France)- who made decisions at Paris Peace Conference (474) |
| League of Nations | GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS TO KEEP PEACE IN THE FUTURE; FORERUNNER TO THE UNITED NATIONS (471) |
| Mandates | TERRITORIES ADMINISTERED BY WESTERN POWERS (476) |
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