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World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| militarism | a policy of glorying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |
| triple alliance | an association of the city-state of Tenochtitlan,Texcoco, and Tlacopan, which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire |
| Kaiser Wilhelm ll | He was a leader that engaged war with Great Britain.He thought highly of himshelf |
| triple entente | a military alliance between Great Britain,France, and Russia in the years preceding World War 1 |
| Schlieffen Plan | it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France |
| Central Powers | in WW1, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side |
| Allies | A helping hand in the War and gives you troops supplies and more goods if needed |
| Western Front | The region of the northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other. |
| trench warfare | a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. |
| Eastern Front | the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and serbs battled Germans,Austrians, and Turks |
| Unrestricted submarine warfare | The use of sub to sink without warning any ship found in enemy waters |
| total war | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort. |
| rationing | the limit of the amounts of good people can buy imposed during war time when goods are in short supply. |
| propaganda | information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage and opponent's cause. |
| armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| Woodrow Wilson | He was the president that proposed the fourteen points that was happening during World War l |
| Georges Clemenceau | He was from France that proposed the Fourteen points plan |
| David Lloyd George | He was from Great Britain and proposed the fourteen point plan. |
| Fourteen Points | a proposal of the US outlined a plan to achieve a lasting peace after world World War 1 |
| self-determination | the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government. |
| Treaty of Versailles | peace treaty signed by Germany and the allied powers after World War l |
| League of Nations | an international association formed after World War l with the goal of keeping peace among nations |