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World War 1 Jamie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| final sets of demands | ultimatum |
| prepare its military forces for war | mobilize |
| policy of supporting neither side in war | neutrality |
| deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other | stalemate |
| large gas filled balloons, to bomb the English coast | zeppelin |
| undersea boat that did tremendous damage to the allied side, sinking merchant ships carrying vital supplies to britain | U-boat |
| governments began to take a stronger role in directing the economic and cultural lives of their people | total war |
| the draft which required all young men to be ready for military or other service | conscription |
| make your side seem better | propaganda |
| horrible acts committed against innocent people | atrocity |
| a list of Woodrow Wilson's terms for resolving this and future wars | Fourteen Points |
| agreement to end fighting with the allies | Armistice |
| influenza, flu that killed 20 million people worldwide | Pandemic |
| payments for war damage | reparations |
| Austia-Hungary, Germany, Italy | Triple Alliance |
| France, Russia, Britain | Triple Entente |
| four main causes of WWI | militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism |
| what started WWI | Serbia killed the Austrian-Hungary heir to the throne |
| What three main countries made up the Central Powers | Austria-hungary, Germany, Optamin Empire |
| what were the 3 new weapons of WWI | tanks, airplanes, and submarines |
| what country surrendered and left the war in 1917 while facing a civil war | Russia |
| What impact did Russia leaving have on the war | Germany moved all troops to france so there wasn't a 2 front war |
| what country entered the war on the Allied side in 1917 | USA |
| Why did the US enter the war | german sub warfare and they sent a letter to Mexico to attack the US |
| What impact did the US have | fresh troops, and came in strong |
| What side won WWI | Allies |
| What were the costs of the war | a lot of people dies, expensive, flu pandemic, people lost faith in democracy |
| What 3 European countries made up the Allied Powers | Russia, France, and Britain |
| What were three outcomes of the Treaty of Versailles | Germany had to pay war debt, Germany took full blame, german army reduced, formed the league of nations |
| Who came to power in Russia after WWI | Stalin, bolshaviks, lemin, communists |