God & Country
The dangerous space between opposing trenches.
What was “no man’s land”
A form of combat where soldiers dug deep trenches
What was trench warfare
Triple Alliance
Who was Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Why did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia?
Austria rejected Serbia’s attempt to reconcile after the assassination
What / what was the Western Front?
A deadlocked region in northern France where intense fighting took place (France, Germany)
This is the policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war at all times.
What is militarism.
A stretch of battlefield along the German-Russian border
What was the Eastern Front
Triple Entente
Great Britain, France, Russia
When a country devotes all resources to the war effort.
What is total war
The “powder keg” of Europe
The Balkans
This is a deep devotion to one’s nation that can serve as a unifying force but also cause intense rivalries between countries.
What is nationalism?
Germany’s strategy to quickly defeat France
What was the Schlieffen Plan
What were the Central Powers?
Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Limiting the supply of goods to ensure enough for the war effort.
What was rationing
German Chancellor who used war to unify Germany
Otto von Bismarck
What countries were considered Europe’s Great Powers before WWI?
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, and France.
A plan for peace
What were Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Who were the Allies in WWI?
Great Britain, France, and Russia (later joined by Japan and Italy).
Article 231
What is the War Guilt Clause
He feared France would seek revenge after the Franco-Prussian War
Otto von Bismarck
An international association with the goal of to keep peace among the nations
What was the League of Nations
People decide for themselves what government they should live under.
Self-Determination
the compromise between Germany and the Allied Powers
Treaty of Versailles
The prime minister and at that time - an emissary of France
George Clemenceau
He was the German emperor who forced Bismarck to resign
Kaiser Wilhelm II