World War 1 - 1
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
A new armoured vehicle that changed the tide of the war
What is a tank?
political ideology promoting loyalty and pride in one's cultural group, sometimes accompanied by feelings of superiority over other groups.
What is Nationalism?
One of the treaties that ended the First World War; it put harsh rules on Germany.
A foreign policy in which a powerful nation controls and exploits one or more colonies and, during the late 19th century and early 20th century, contributed to European rivalry.
What is Imperialism?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire formed this alliance group.
Who were the Triple Alliance/Central Powers?
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group.
Who were the Triple Entente/Allied Powers?
The spark which triggered the outbreak of a global war
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions
What is propaganda?
Germany's plan to sneak through Belgium to get around France's fortifications.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
a group of countries trying to protect the independence of all countries- small or large. Organization formed after WWI
What is the League of Nations?
An incredibly slow form of warfare that involved hiding from the enemy in pits in the ground
What is Trench Warfare?
The actions a nation could take to benefit them specifically
What is national interest?
Requiring men to enlist in military service to fight in the war
What is conscription?
The area of land in between opposing trenches
What is No Man's Land?
A cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it - torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
Payments to cover damages from war
What are reparations?
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The main battle Canada is known for in WW1 which significantly slowed German advances.
What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge?
The two main reasons the US entered WWI.
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram?
An agreement to cease hostilities and stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
A form of war that involves simply wearing out the enemy and outliving them
What is War of Attrition?
a conflict in which states pour all of their political, economic and social resources into the war effort
What is total war?
This nation wanted Germany to be destroyed and cover all damages for the war during Treaty of Versailles negotiations.
What is France?
the right of a group to decide its own form of government
What is Self determination?