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Chapter 29 - WW1
WW1 vocabulary study stack
Term | Definition |
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Militarism | n. a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army that is always prepared for war. |
Triple Alliance | 1. n. an association of the city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Taclopan, which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire. 2. A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungray, and Italy in the years proceeding World War 1. |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | The ruler of Germany during the time of WWI |
Triple Entente | n. a military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding WWI |
Schlieffen Plan | n. Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WWI, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia |
Central Powers | n. In WWI, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side. |
Allies | n. In WWI, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side; also, the group of nations -- including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Unites States -- that opposed the Axis Powers in WWII. |
Western Front | n. In WWI, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battles each other. |
Trench Warfare | n. a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. |
Eastern Front | n. in WWI, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians and Turks. |
Unrestricted Submarine Warface | The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy's waters. |
Total War | n. a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort. |
Rationing | n. the limit of the amounts of good people can buy -- often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply. |
Propaganda | n. information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause. |
Armistice | n. an agreement to stop fighting. |
Woodrow Wilson | a member of the big four who represented the United States. |
Georges Clemenceau | a member of the big four who represented France |
David Lloyd George | a member of the big four who represented Great Britain. |
Fourteen Points | n. a serious of of proposals in which the U.S. president Woodraw Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI. |
Self-Determination | n. the freedom of a people to decide which form of government they wish to live in. |
Treaty of Versailles | n. the piece treaty signed by Germany and the Allied Powers after WWI. |
League of Nations | n. an international association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among the nations. |