Vocabulary
An approach to foreign policy that embraces the use of military force and where the government takes an aggressive stance towards other countries
What is MILITARISM?
A measure of a nation's strength in relations to other nations
What is BALANCE OF POWER?
What years was WWI fought?
What is 1914 - 1918?
A _________________ is a protective envoy of ships.
What is a CONVOY?
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
Who is WOODROW WILSON?
A policy by which one nation controls another (this is usually a smaller or weaker nation) by controlling the territory of, by holding political power over, or by economically controlling the other nation.
What is IMPERIALISM?
The title given to the son of the Austrian emperor
What is ARCHDUKE?
What is the ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND?
What were the naval submarines operated by Germany in WWI called?
What were U-BOATS?
An _____________________ is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain amount of time; a truce
What is an ARMISTICE?
People who speak a common language and who have common traditions are known as an ...
What is an ETHNIC GROUP?
What is the TRIPLE ALLIANCE?
By 1914, France, Russia, and Great Britain had formed the ...
What is the TRIPLE ENTENTE?
A new system of combat used in WWI in which the opposing sides attacked, counterattacked, and defended from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground was known as ....
An area of land that stretched across France and Belgium that acted as a fighting zone during WWI
What is the WESTERN FRONT?
An understanding among nations
What is ENTENTE?
A relationship between two countries in which both sides receive benefits from one another.
By 1914, the countries of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy has formed the ...
What is the TRIPLE ALLIANCE?
Besides escorting merchant ships across the Atlantic Ocean, what else did the United States help Great Britain do once it entered the war?
What is HELP THE BRITISH FIND AND DESTROY GERMAN SUBMARINES?
When a nation announces a refusal to take sides in a conflict or a dispute
What is NEUTRALITY?
Loyalty and devotion to a country
What is NATIONALISM?
This helped reduce the Allied shipping losses and kept stopped American soldiers from being lost to submarine attacks.
What is the CONVOY SYSTEM?
Why did Great Britain make it a priority to have the largest and strongest navy in Europe?
What is BECAUSE IT WAS AN ISLAND NATION?
Before they joined the war,and began to fight, how was America involved in the war?
What is THEY WERE SELLING SUPPLIES AND LENDING MONEY TO THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES?
The spreading of information in order to influence public opinion is ...
What is PROPOGANDA?