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world war 1 chpt 29
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Militarism | the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. |
| Triple alliance | The Triple Alliance was a secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879. |
| Kaiser Wilhelm 2 | was a German emperor |
| Triple entente | a military alliance between great Britain, Russia, and France in the years preceding world war 1 |
| Schlieffen | Germany's military plan at the out break f world war 1, according to which German would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia |
| Central Powers | Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I. |
| Allies | in world war 1, the nations of great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side: also, the group of nations |
| Western Front | in world war 1, 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 | in world war 1, the regions along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules |
| Total war | a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded. |
| Rationing | the limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
| Armistice | an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. |
| Woodrow Wilson | was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 |
| Georges Clemenceau | was a French statesman who led the nation in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party, he played a central role in politics during the Third Republic. |
| David Lloyd George | was a British Liberal politician and statesman |
| Fourteen Points | a series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after world war 1 |
| Self determination | the freedom of people to decide what government they want |
| Treaty of Versailles | the peace treaty signed by Germany and the allied powers after World war 1 |
| League of Nations | an international association formed after world war 1 with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
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