M.A.I.N.
Competition between countries to have the most weapons and the strongest armies and navies.
Militarism
Area between two opposing trenches.
No man's land
Devoting all a nations resources to war.
Total war
THREE nations belonged to the Central Powers.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
harsh peace settlement dictated by the Allies at the end of the world War l.
Treaty of Versailles
Agreement that one country holds with another to help in times of war.
Alliance
battle fields along the border of France and Germany.
Western Front
pushed the United States to enter the war, exposed the German plan to help Mexico regain U.S. territory.
Zimmerman Note
THREE nations belonged to the Allies.
Great Britain, France, Russia
U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson's, plan for achieving peace after World War l.
Fourteen Points
Practice of acquiring territory and putting it under one’s power and authority.
Imperialism
battle fields along the border of Russia and Germany.
Eastern Front
An agreement to stop fighting.
armistice
Nations heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by Serbian nationalist.
Austria-Hungary
principle of allowing people to decide for themselves what government they want to live under.
Self-determination
Love, devotion, and pride in one’s country.
Nationalism
Intended to protect soldiers from enemy gunfire, trap enemy soldiers in mud pits, and force enemy soldiers to pass through a "no man's land".
Trench Warfare
One sided information designed to influence public opinion.
propaganda
Nation was unified by Otto von Bismarck and later ruled by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Germany
international association established after World War I whose goal was to keep peace among nations.
League of Nations
Sparked the beginning of the Great War (WWI)
Assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand
Attack France first, then Russia.
Schlieffen Plan
System designed to limit purchases of consumer goods.
rationing
First to declare war in what would come to be called the Great War.
Austria- Hungary
President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points included all of the following, except:
a. Freedom to ship goods safely
b. Increase in weapons
c. League of Nations
d. Self-determination for Eastern Europe
b. Increase in weapons