People
Whos assassination led to World War I?
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Germans made plans for an assault on the French city of Verdun
Meant solely to kill or injure as many French soldiers as possible
Battle of Verdun
Ideas that are spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
Propaganda
Two front war with France and Russia created by Germany
The Schlieffen Plan
What Germany promised Austria Hungary if they wen to war--unlimited supplies
Blank Check
The communist leader of Russia during the Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin
One of the costliest battles of WWI
Attempt by the British to “push through” the German lines
Battle of Somme
A situation in which neither side can win a clear victory
Stalemate
International peacekeeping organization
League of Nations
a war based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses
War of Attrition
President of the United States during World War I.
Woodrow Wilson
Representatives from 27 victorious Allied nations met in Paris to make a final settlement of World War I
Paris Peace Conference
A truce or agreement to end fighting
Armistice
Consisted of five separate treaties with Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Bulgaria, and Turkey
Treaty of Versailles
An economic system directed by government agencies
Planned Economy
Russian councils composed of representatives from the working class and soldiers
Soviets
fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire
Trench Warfare
A payment made to the victor by the vanquished to cover the costs of war
Reparation
British code breakers intercepted an encrypted message from Germany to Mexico
Proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.
Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Zimmerman Telegram
Name the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente
Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary
Triple Entente: France, Great Britain, Russia
Dedicated to violent revolutions
Under the leadership of Lenin
Bolsheviks
It was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front
Christmas Truce
involving a complete mobilization of resources and people
Total War
German forces sank the British ship,_________
Killed 1100 civilians, including Americans
Sinking of the Lusitania
Causes of WWI
Nationalism
Imperialism
Alliances
Militarism