Vocabulary
Gathering resources and preparing for war
What is Mobilization?
The heir to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire whose assassination "sparked" World War I
What is Franz Ferdinand?
This weapon can fire over one hundred rounds in less than a minute
What is a Machine gun?
Germany had to fight 2 offensive fronts called
What are the Eastern and Western front?
The name of the treaty that officially ended World War 1
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A Temporary peace agreement to end fighting
What is Armistice?
The General that led the American expeditionary forces in WWI
What is John Pershing?
This kind of battle tactic almost directly resulted in a stalemate.
What is Trench Warfare?
This battle takes 9 months, nothing is gained, and the Allies eventually retreat
What is the Battle of Gallipoli?
An intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace conference that ended the first World War by Woodrow Wilson
What is the League of Nations?
Secret action by enemy agents or sympathizers to damage a country's war effort
What is Sabotage?
The senator who was the one of the most powerful American opponents to the treaty
What is Henry Lodge?
Chemical Warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms.
what are gas masks?
The war officially ended in this year
What is 1918?
According to the treaty that ended the war, Germany was going to make serious territorial concessions and pay war ___
What are reparations?
loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others
What is Nationalism?
The German pilot who had "81 kills" and was known as "the Red Baron"
What is Manfred von Richthofen?
Tracked, armored fighting vehicle designed for front- line combat.
What are tanks?
Russia is overtaken by this form of government in 1917
What is Communism?
The name of the territory that Germany had to concede to the French
What is Alsace and Lorraine?
Payments by the losing country in a war to the winner of damages caused by the war
What is Reparations?
the German Foreign Minister who sent a telegram to Mexico
Arthur Zimmerman
Reason why British Navy was so successful during sea battles.
What are Submarines?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was called
What is the Fourteen Points plan?
Name of the Republic that came to power in Germany after World War 1
What is Weimar Republic?