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World War I
Chapter 29
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| militarism | The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war. |
| Triple Alliance | A partnership of three countries (ex: Italy joined Germany and Austria-Hungary in an alliance) |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Ruler of Germany (1888) |
| Triple entente | A triple alliance (ex: Britain, France, and Russia) |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WWI, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and the move east to attack Russia. |
| Central Powers | In WWI, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with other nations that fought by there side. |
| Allies | The nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with other nations that fought by there side. |
| Western Front | The region of northern France where the forces of Allies and the Central Powers battles each other. |
| Trench warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. |
| Eastern front | 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 the enemy's waters. |
| total war | A conflict in which participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort. |
| rationing | The limiting of half the 19th century, those Europeans who favored drastic chance to extend democracy to all people. |
| propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause of to damage am opponent's cause. |
| armistice | An agreement to stop fighting. |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the U.S. in WWI |
| Georges Clemenceau | Leader of France |
| David Lloyd George | Leader of Great Britian |
| Fourteen Points | A series of proposals the U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlines a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI. |
| self-determination | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live. |
| Treaty of Versailles | A peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after WWI. |
| League of Nations | An international association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among the nations. |