World War 1 - 1
A union formed between countries for shared benefit.
What is an Alliance?
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests
What is Militarism?
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.
Define Imperialism
A system where a powerful nation controls and exploits one or more colonies.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Who were the Triple Alliance?
France, Great Britain, Russia, U.S.
Who were the Triple Entente?
The other name for the Triple Alliance?
What are the Central Powers?
Who were the Triple Entente?
Britain, France, Russia
What is the other name for the Triple Entente?
What are the Allies?
Which of the M.A.I.N. causes of World War One was linked to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Russia because Germany was already at war with Russia?
Alliances
a deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other
What is a stalemate?
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
Selective Service Act required men to register for...
What is the draft?
The area of land in between opposing trenches
What is No Man's Land?
By buying what type of bonds, U.S. citizens were lending money to the government to pay for the war.
What are liberty bonds?
Spark that began World War 1
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions
What is propaganda?
The two main reasons the US enters the War
What are the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram?
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
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?
the idea that a nation pours all of its political, economic and social resources at the war effort
What is total war?
payments to cover damages (in war)
What are reparations?
the Zimmerman Note promised Mexico these 3 states
What is Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico?