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World War 1
Flashcards
Term | Definition |
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Militarism | The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war |
Triple Alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
Kaiser Wilhelm the Second | Ruler of Germany and led his nation in a treaty with Russia |
Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia |
Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War 1, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia |
Central Powers | In World War 1, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side |
Allies | In World War 1, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side |
Western Front | In World War 1, the region of northern France where the forces of 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 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, when goods are in short supply |
Propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause |
Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
Woodrow Wilson | Was a part of group known as the big four, which made major decisions in meetings of the Paris Peace Conference and was the presdient the U.S. |
Georges Clemenceau | Was a part of group known as the big four, which made major decisions in meetings of the Paris Peace Conference and represented France |
David Lloyd George | Was a part of group known as the big four, which made major decisions in meetings of the Paris Peace Conference and represented Great Britain |
Fourteen Points | A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving lasting peace after World War 1 |
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 1 |
League of Nations | An international association formed after World War 1 with the goal of keeping peace among nations |