Ww1 Vocabulary Answers – Flashcards
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Imperialism
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A policy in which a strong nations seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially
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Alliance
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A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
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Nationalism
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The belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation—that is, to the people with whom they share a culture and history—rather than a king or empire.
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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In March 1918 Germany and Russia signed this treaty, ending the war between the two countries.
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Militarism
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A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
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Zimmerman Note
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A telegraph from Germany to Mexico in February 1917 intercepted by the U.S, in which Germany promised to help Mexico reconquer the United States if Mexico would ally with Germany in the war.
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Triple Alliance
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A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I
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Lusitania
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a British passenger ship that was sunk off the Irish coast in 1915 by the German navy during World War I. Some of the 1195 people who were killed were Americans, and this made many Americans feel that the US should enter the war against Germany.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated by a Serbian, Gavrilo Princip, on June 28, 1914 triggering the start of World War I.
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Central Powers
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In World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary along with other nations that fought on their side.Bulgaria and the Ottoman empire join them later in the hopes of regaining their lost territories.
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Ruler of Germany during World War I who wanted to show how powerful the Germany military was.
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Triple Entente
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A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I
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Armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting until later. ( this does not mean the conflict and war has ended)
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Western Front
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In World War I, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other.
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Propaganda
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Information of material spread to advance a cause to damage an opponent's cause
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Schlieffen Plan
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a battle strategy developed by Germany. here the plan called for attacking and defeating France in the West and then rushing east to fight Russia.
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Rationing
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The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy—often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply.
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Trench Warfare
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A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefields
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Total War
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
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Eastern Front
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In World War I, the region along the German-Russian border where Russian and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy's waters.
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Allies
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In World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia along with other nations that fought on their side
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Treaty of Versailles
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The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I
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War guilt clause
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Portion of the Versailles treaty that blames only Germany for causing the war. Major cause of the rise of national socialism in Germany (NAZI Party)
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Reparations
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money paid by a defeated country after a war, for all the deaths, damage etc it has caused
