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World History U10Ch7
World History ST Unit 10 Chapter 7 The World at War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| armistice | halt in the fighting |
| stalemate | neither side is able to advance |
| mobilized | to get an army and the army reserves ready to fight in a war |
| Western Front | In World War I, the front in Belgium and France between Germany on one side and France and Britain on the other |
| Triple Alliance | an agreement of cooperation between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, signed in 1882 |
| Eastern Front | the line of forts and trenches that stretched from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea in Europe |
| Allied Powers | France, Britain, Russia, and Serbia |
| neutral | a nation or person that does not take sides in a war |
| Triple Entente | Britain, France, and Russia |
| Central Powers | in Wolrd War I, the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
| Why did the Allies and German armies fight a war in the trenches? | The Germany army was halted and the fighting reached a stalemate; opposing armies dug line of trenches. |
| What powerful new weapons were first used in World War I? | machine guns, giant cannons, tanks, submarines with tropedoes, and flame throwers |
| Why did U.S. enter World War I? | U.S. discovered a secret telegram that revealed Germany had been working to make Mexico a German ally. Lusitania was sunk by German submarine and American citizens were killed. |