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Ch.13
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | policy of glorifying military power, preparing army |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary Italy in 1882 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | becomes German ruler in 1888 |
| Triple Entente | alliance in 1907 |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary ,Ottoman(and other nations) |
| Allies | Britain , France, Russia (and other nations) |
| Western Front | heavy battle zone in Norther France |
| Schlieffen Plan | German plan to defeat France then fight Russia |
| Trench warfare | armies fighting from trenches |
| Eastern Front | site of main fight along the German-Russian border |
| Unrestricted submarine warfare | ships near Britian sunk without warning |
| Total War | nations devote all resources to war |
| Rationing | limiting purchases of war-related goods |
| Pripganda | one sided information to build morale support war |
| Armstice | end of fighting signed in 1918 |
| Woodrow Wilson | U.S. President |
| Georges Clemenceau | French ruler |
| Fourteen Points | outline for lasting world peace |
| Self-determination | right of people to govern own nation |
| Treaty of Versailles | Allies, Germany sign accord in June 1919 |
| League of Nations | international organization to keep peace |