Key Terms 1
Strong patriotic feeling for one’s own country
Nationalism
The ruler of Germany. Really cool mustache
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Which Key event started World War I in Europe?
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Why was there a “race to the sea”
To control the ports for shipping supplies
Message intercepted by U.S. German was trying to get Mexico to fight with them.
The Zimmerman Telegram
Passenger ship carrying Americans. Was sunk by a German U-boat
Lusitania
Country that does not take sides in a war
Neutral
Why didn’t Serbia keep all the demands from Austria-Hungary
The demands were not reasonable
The type of warfare where people are shooting at each other from holes in the ground
Trench warfare
Men between the ages of 18 and 25 had to register to go to war
The draft system
An agreement between nations to help each other
Alliance
Russia, Serbia, France, Great Britain
Allies or Allied Powers
Why did Germany declare war on Russia?
Russia was gathering troops at the border
The area between trenches was called this
No man’s land
The ally that did most of the fighting on the eastern front
Russia
Walls on top of trenches
Parapets
Germany and Austria-Hungary
Central Powers
Why did Germany declare war on France?
France was gathering troops at the border
The longest battle of WWI
The battle of Verdun: lasted for 10 months
The commander of the AEF
John J Pershing
November 11 1918. The day WWI ended
Armistice Day
Archduke and heir to the throne in Austria-Hungary
Franz Ferdinand
Why did England finally declare war on Germany?
Germany invaded Belgium to get to France
The name of the plan to capture Paris quickly to only fight on one front
The Schlieffen Plan
How did the US propaganda portray Germans
As monsters