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World War 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | a 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 preceding World War I |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Ruler of Germany during the time of World War I |
| Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I |
| Schlieffen Plan | A large part of German army would race west, to defeat France, and then refturnt to fight Russia in the east |
| Central Powers | In World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with other nations that fought on their side |
| Allies | In World War I, the nations of Great Britian, France, and Russia, along with other nations that fought on their side |
| Western Front | In World War I, the region of northern France where the forces of Allies and the Central Powers battled each other |
| Trench Warefare | a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug into 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 Warefare | The use of submarines to sink without warning an sip found in enemy waters |
| Total War | a conflict in which the participation conutries devote all their resources to the war effort |
| Rationing | People could buy only small amounts of those items that were also needed for the war effect |
| Propaganda | information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause |
| Armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of United States during the time of World War I |
| Georges Clemenceau | Leader of France during the time of World War I |
| David Lloyd George | Leader of Great Britain during the time of World War I |
| Fourteen Points | A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined 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 amount nations |