WWI Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Underlying Causes of WWI | MAIN-militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism |
militarism | the building up of military forces to prepare to war |
alliances | friendships among countries that established an order of protection in the case that there was an attack |
imperialism | a stronger nation taking political and military control over a weaker nation |
nationalism | pride in one's country and willingness to defend it |
Franz Ferdinand | the Arch Duke of Austria Hungary who was assassinated |
Immediate Cause of WWI | the assassination of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand |
Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
Triple Entente | Britain, France, Russia |
Central Powers | formerly the Triple Alliance; Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire |
Allied Powers | formerly the Triple Entente; Britain, France, Russia, and later the U.S. |
trench warfare | type of warfare that required troops to fight from trenches; allowed troops to use more defensive strategies |
new technology | poison gas, machine guns, tanks, submarines, etc. |
Lusitania | the British ship that was blown up by German U-boats; 128 Americans were killed; changed Americans minds about entering the war |
Zimmerman Telegram | telegram from the Germans to Mexico, asking them to take their side; angered Americans and led to the U.S. declaration of war on Germany |
neutrality | policy of staying out of a conflict/war; U.S. ad this policy for the first couple of years of WWI |
Wilson's Fourteen Points | Wilson's recommendations for change after the war |
League of Nations | group of nations that would keep peace to prevent another world war |
Treaty of Versailles | treaty signed after WWI that blamed Germany for the war and made them pay reparations |
armistice | an agreement to stop fighting while a treaty is created and signed |
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