Vocab
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively
Militarism
Who killed Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
Examples of this could include intolerance, isolationism, expansionist military crusades, or groups like the Black Hand
Nationalism
When is Armistice Day?
11/11/1918
What were the fortifications the Germans built after the Battle of the First Marne?
Trenches
Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Nationalism
Nicholas II, of the Romanov family, was the last Russian________________ to rule Russia.
Tsar/Czar
In May 1915, a German U Boat sank a British passenger ship called?
Lusitania
When did the Great War start?
1914
The Medical Women’s National Association, for example, raised money to send their own doctors overseas to work in hospitals run by the _____________________________________.
Red Cross
The compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state.
Reparations
Who was elected president in 1916 and campaigned under the slogan- He Kept Us Out of the War?
Woodrow Wilson
Three things led the US to enter WWI. The sinking of a British passenger ship, Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare, and...?
Zimmerman Telegram
This country promised to defend Belgium, which brought them into the war.
Great Britain
By the end of the war, nearly women doctors were at work in the devastated regions of Europe, caring for civilians and soldiers and treating diseases such as _______________________and typhoid.
Influenza
Any conflict between two countries would quickly involve the others
Alliance System
Who was the leader of Germany during this time?
Kaiser Wilhelm
An example of this is the Scramble for Africa
Imperialism
Was faced with dramatic changes in boundaries after the war
Eastern Europe
Germany would attack France first and then Russia
Schlieffen Plan
The process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government
Self Determination
Who was assassinated in Sarajevo?
the archduke of austria hungry- Franz Ferdinand
When did Russia become the Soviet Union?
1922
Which battle created the Western Front?
First Battle of the Marne