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World War 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliances | partnerships that join together nations for a common reason |
| Triple Entente | Great Britain, France, Russia |
| Triple Alliance | Germany, Italy, Austria - Hungary |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | The heir to the Austrian thrown. Prince |
| isolationism | removing yourself or a country from conflict. |
| nationalism | thinking your native country is more important than other countries. |
| u-boat | underwater boat |
| Lusitania | A British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U Boat |
| Zimmerman Telegram | Part of a plan by the German government to get Mexico to side with them in the war. |
| trench | Long, deep ditches dug as protective defenses in battle. |
| chemical warfare | bombs used to attack the human nervous and respiratory systems. |
| new weapons during World War 1 | tanks, planes, grenades, machine guns, poison gas, trench warfare |
| Woodrow Wilson | American President during World War 1. Created the 14 points. |
| 14 Points | A plan for ultimate peace in the world written by Woodrow Wilson |
| Treaty of Versailles | A signed armistice to end World War 1 signed in Paris, France. |
| Central Powers | Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria |
| Allied Powers | France, Great Britain, USA, Russia |
| League of Nations | Part of Woodrow Wilson's 14 points that made countries get on the same page and have guidelines to world conflicts. |