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WW1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allies | The nation of Great Britain, France and Russia, along w/ the other nations that fought on their side. |
| treaty of versailes | The peace treaty signed by Germany and the allied powers after World War I. |
| self-determination | The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live. |
| 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 |
| David Lloyd George | Leader of Great Britain |
| George Clemenceau | Leader of France |
| Woodrow Wilson | Leader of the United States |
| Armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
| propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause. |
| Rationing | The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy-often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply. |
| Total War | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort. |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy's waters. |
| Eastern Front | The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
| Trench Warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. |
| Western front | The region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other. |
| Militarism | The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war. |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | Ruler of Germany, and he did not wish to share his power with anyone. |
| triple entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years preceding 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 | The nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side. |
| league of nations | An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among the nations. |
| triple alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years preceding World War I. |