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Chapter 29
Sections 1-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What countries were in the Triple Alliance? | Great Britain, France, and Russia. |
| What countries were in the Triple Entente? | Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. |
| Who was Kaiser Wilhelm II? | Ruler of Germany in the 1890s. |
| What is militarism? | A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war. |
| What single event began the start of World War I? | The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
| What was the dual alliance? | Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| What were the Central Powers? | The nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side. |
| What was the "deadlock region" in northern France? | The Western Front. |
| What is a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battle-field? | Trench Warfare. |
| What was the Schlieffen Plan? | Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia. |
| What was the Eastern Front? | The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks. |
| What are some characteristics of the conditions in trench warfare? | Closed in, tight, dirty, squeezed in. |
| Where did the Allies attack in the Gallipoli campaign? (Other than Gallipoli Peninsula) | Dardanelles |
| What was the goal of the Gallipoli campaign? | To establish a supply line to Russia. |
| Why did the U.S. join the war? | It intercepted Arthur Zimmermann's letter to Mexico promising to help it regain land from the U.S. |
| What is unrestricted submarine warfare? | The use of sub marines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy’s waters. |
| How did women help in the war? | They worked in factories, offices, shops, and hospitals; supplied troops with resources |
| How many soldiers were killed in World War I? | About 8.5 million. |
| What is rationing? | A system of total war where people could only buy small amounts of items also needed for the war effort. |
| Who were the men in the Big Four? | Woodrow Wilson of the United States, Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy. |
| What was the Treaty of Versailles? | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I. |
| What were the Fourteen Points? | A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I. |
| What was the League of Nations? | An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among Nations. |
| What major countries were not represented in the Big Four? | Russia (still recovering from WW1) and Germany and its allies. |
| What is self determination? | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live. |
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