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WW1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Armistice | A formal agreement between enemies to put an end to their fighting |
| Imperialism | Extending a country's power and influence through colonization or military force |
| Nationalism | Having pride, strong belief, and culture, of one's own nation. |
| War Guilt Clause | Provision in the Treaty of Versailles blaming Germany during WW1. |
| Zeppelins | Large gas-filled balloons used by Germans for bombing raids |
| WW1 is also known as the ____, it was the most disastrous war the world had yet seen | Great War |
| Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Gavrilo Princip |
| President of the US during WW1. He is known for establishing the 14 Points. | Woodrow Wilson |
| Black Hand | Serbian nationalist group responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand |
| Propaganda | Info used to promote or publicize a political cause or POV |
| Schlieffen Plan | German strategy to quickly defeat France before turning to Russia |
| Self Determination | The right of people to choose their own form of government |
| Total War | Conflict involving not just armies but entire nations mobilized for war effort. |
| Trench Warfare | A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other |
| U-Boats | German submarines used in WW1 |
| French and German forces on the Western Front characterized by heavy artillery. | Battle of Verdun |
| Major battle of the Western Front during WW1, known for its extensive causality and 1st use of tanks | Battle of Somme |
| Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WW1 | 14 Points |
| German telegram proposing a military alliance with Mexico and the U.S. | Zimmerman Note |
| Peace treaty that ended WW1 and imposed heavy punishments against Germany | Treaty of Versailles |
| President of Austria-Hungary. Spark that started WW1 with his death | Franz Ferdinand |
| Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Gavrilo Princip |
| German Emperor during WW1. | Kaiser Wilhlem lll |
| An agreement between two or more countries to support one another during WW1 | Alliances |
| system to maintain international order and peace | Balance of Power |
| The rise of nationalism in the Balkans which sparked the outbreak of WW1 | Balkan Powder Keg |
| System by which states attempted to prevent wars | Collective security |
| Drafting citizens to fight | Conscription |
| Group of ships sailing together for protection | Convoy |
| Front | Line of contact of 2 opposing forces |
| system of organization in which people with a common identity live in a country with firm borders and strict government. | Nation-State |
| Mustard Gas, Gas attacks | Posion Gas |
| Saving food/supplies | Rationing |
| a defeated country forcing to pay some of the war costs to the winning countries | Reparations: |
| ethnic group in Europe | Slav |
| When the war is bad on both sides and not going anywhere | Stalemate |
| a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning. | Unrestricted submarine warfare |
| USA, Britain, France, and Italy. | Big Four |
| Ruled Russia from 1894 - 1917. Last Russian emperor before the Russian Revolution. | Czar Nicholas ll: |
| British statesman and served as Prime Minister. Negotiated the TOV and established the League of Nations | David LLoyd George |
| A British journalist who disguised herself as a man. Wanted to be a war correspondent. | Dorthy Lawrence |
| Prime Minister of France | Georges Clemenceau: |
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