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World studies
chap13vocab
Term | Definition |
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Central powers | in WWI the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary along with the other nations that fought on their side |
Allies | in WWI nations of GB France and Russia along with other nations on their side(US) that opposed the axis in WWI |
Western Front | in WWI the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battles each other |
Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WWI according to which Germany troops would rapidly defeat France and then move to attack Russia |
trench warfare | opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield |
Eastern front | in WWI the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and serbs battles germans austrians and turks |
militarism | a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |
triple Alliance | military alliance between germany austria-hungary and italy in the years before WWI (become the central powers) |
Triple entente | military alliance GB france russia in the years before WWI (become the allies) |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | ruler of germany |
unrestricted submarine warfare | the use of submarines to sink without warning any ship found in an enemy's waters |
total war | conflict in which participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort |
rationing | limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy |
propaganda | info or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause |
armistice | agreement to stop fighting |
woodrow wilson | Us representative in the big four |
Georges Clemenceu | french rep in the big four |
14 points | series of proposals in which US president Wood row wil son outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after WWI |
self-determination | the freedom of a people to decide under what form of gov they wish to live |
Treaty of Versailles | the peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after WWI |
League of Nations | international association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among nations |