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WWI vocab

WWI Vocabulary

TermDefinition
entente "friendship" agreement between France, England and Russia
annex officially add a territory to a country
militarism when a country "glorifies" its military might
Triple Alliance military alliance between Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente "friendship" agreement between France, England, and Russia
ultimatum "do this or else" statement
mobilize get troops and equipment in place for war
aggressor country that "starts" a war
neutrality official policy of not supporting any side or country in a war
Schlieffen Plan Germany's plan for fighting a two front war
Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Allies Britain, Russia, France, and later the U.S>
Western Front the area of military action in France and Belgium; trenches
Battle of Marne first major battle of WWI; France stopped German advance here
No-man's land deadly area between enemy trenches
trenches style of fighting on the Western Front in WWI
U-boat Germany's "underwater boat"; submarine
total war when a war consumes a country's economy and social lives
rationing when the government determines how much goods you can have
propaganda government sponsored information; usually to sway public opinion
convoy U.S. strategy for protecting allied shipping against U-boat attacks
abdicate when a monarch "gives up" his or her throne
armistice an agreement to stop fighting
Lusitania British cruise ship sunk by Germany in 1915; 129 Americans killded
self-determination letting a country decide for itself its own form of government
Fourteen Points Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after the war
League of Nations permanent meeting of member nations to prevent war
reparations money owed to another country for war damages
Big Three U.S. (Wilson); France (Clemenceau); England (George)
mandate order that some areas be controlled by the United Nations
Zimmerman Note Germany promised Mexico some U.S. territory if Mexico would declare war against the U.S.
William II last "Kaiser" or king of Germany; abdicated at the end of the war
Woodrow Wilson President of the U.S. during WWI
Franz Ferdinand Archduke of Austria-Hungary; his assassination in 1914 would start WWI
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