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World War I Vocab
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Term | Definition |
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Militarism | Policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war. |
Triple Alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years proceeding World War I. |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | The leader of Germany who was related to the leaders of two other nations, Russia and Great Britain. |
Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years proceeding World War I. |
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. |
Central Powers | In World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the order nations that fought on their side. |
Allies | In World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the order nations that fought on their side. |
Western Front | In World War I, 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 I, 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 any ship found in an enemy's waters. |
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. |
Propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause. |
Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting. |
Woodrow Wilson | American politician who served as 28th president of the United States. |
Georges Clemenceau | A French statesman who led the nation of France in the first World War. |
David Lloyd George | Former Chancellor of Exchequer who was a British politician and statesman. |
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. |
Self-Determination | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live. |
Treaty of Versailles | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied Powers after World War I. |
League of Nations | An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations. |