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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | glorification of military strenght, one of the four long term causes of WWI |
| No-mans-land | strip of bombed-out territory that seperated the trenchs of opposing sides on the front |
| Trench warfare | heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne whose assassination led to WWI |
| Franz Ferdinand | Serbian nationalist, member of the Black Hand who assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary |
| Gavilo Princep | alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, and later the US |
| Allied powers | alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire |
| Central powers | alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire |
| 1st Battle of the Marne | WWI battle wher the Allies stopped the German advance near a river |
| Battle of the Somme | battle where Great Britain lost 60,000 troops in one day of fighting |
| Manfred von Richthofen | German flying "Ace", credited with 80 kills |
| Edward Rickenbacker | top American flying "Ace", credited with 26 kills |
| Convoy system | use of armed vessels to escort unarmed vessels carrying troops, suplies, and volunteers in WWI |
| Sussex pledge | promise made by Germany, not to sink unarmed vessels without warning |
| National defense act | military prparedness program that increased the size of the national guard & regular army |