World War 1 - A
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
France, Great Britain, Russia
Who were the Ally Powers?
Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary,
Who were the Central Powers?
Spark that began World War 1.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
World Powers acquiring territories that were considered to be primitive.
What is Imperialism?
loyalty and pride in your nation or people and can be accompanied by feelings of superiority over other nations.
What is Nationalism?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
Examples of new military technology used in WW1?
Machine guns, planes, mustard gas, etc...
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
What is Militarism?
A military strategy that was used to try and reduce the number of casualties during the war.
What is Trench Warfare?
Payments to cover damages (in war)
What are reparations?
A foreign policy that calls for not taking sides in any wars, but maintaining trade between warring countries.
What is Neutrality?
President Wilson’s postwar peace plan, which called for openness in matters of diplomacy, free trade, freedom of the seas, and an end to secret negotiations, among others.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
Government provided information to the publisher who's goal is to influence the public
What is propaganda?
Countries that formed after World War 1?
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Austria and Hungary
A deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
What is a stalemate?
A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico which invited Mexico to fight alongside Germany should America enter the war on the side of the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The area of land in between opposing trenches.
What is No Man's Land?
These countries were unhappy about the Treaty of Versailles?
Japan, China, Italy, Germany, Russia
Wilson's plan to unite foreign countries under one organization to promote global peace after the Great War.
What is the League of Nations?
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
The idea that a nation pours all of its political, economic and social resources at the war effort.
What is total war?
Name of the clause that required Germany to accept blame for World War 1 in the Treaty of Versailles?
War Guilt Clause
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
Name of the organization that Gavrilo Princip was apart of that wanted Bosnia Independence.
Who are the Black Hand?