M.A.I.N.
WWI Basics
Vocabulary
People & Vocabulary
Allies or Central Powers?
100

formal agreements between two or more nations. in national defense, they’re promises that each nation will support each other, particularly during war

what are alliances

100

how long was the United States in the war?

what is one year 

100

position of not favoring either side in a dispute

what is neutrality

100

the assassination of which Archduke and his wife helped to lead to the start of World War I?

who was Franz Ferdinand 

100

United States

what are allies

200

the massive build-up of armies and navies

what is militarism 

200

name two types of technology that were used in World War I

what are machine guns, poison gas, airplanes, tanks and u-boats

200

defensive ditches constructed on the Western Front; led to massive death toll and many stalemates

what is trench warfare

200

the word suffrage means the right to do what?

what is vote 

200

Great Britain

what are allies 

300

idea that people of the same culture (common history, language and religion) should rule over themselves; believe other nations to be inferior, leads to conflict and unrest

what is nationalism 

300

name and describe two of the main reasons that the U.S. entered World War I

what are the Zimmerman Telegram (intercepted from Germany who promised Mexico that they would give them California, Texas and other states in the U.S., they entered the war on their side and the sinking of the Lusitania - a German u-boat sank this British cruise liner which killed 123 Americans. 

300

the British announced support for Palestine to become home for Jewish people; helped create a modern Jewish country of Israel

what is the Balfour Declaration

300

contested peninsula between Austria and Ottoman Empire; unrest in region ignited World War I

what is the Balkans

300

Germany

what are Central Powers

400

process by which a nation takes control of an area beyond its borders

what is imperialism 

400

what were the two consequences of World War I?

what are new European countries, death (10 million soldiers and 10 million civilians), new Middle Eastern countries, increased power of the U.S., increased nationalism, influenza epidemic and the abstract art movement

400

a representative assembly for member nations; goal was to settle disputes between nations, the United States refused to join.

what are the League of Nations

400

nationalist movement that called for Europe’s Jews to move to homeland; increased Jewish immigration to Palestine

what is the Zionist Movement 

400

Russia

what are allies

500

name and describe what the acronym M.A.I.N. means as it relates to WWI

what is...                                                              

M - militarism, A - alliances, I - imperialism and N - nationalism 

500

what was one significance of fighting on the Eastern Front during World War I

what is there were many Russian losses and causalities which led to Russia pulling out of the war. 

500

British and French arrangement to divide up Ottoman Empire; set modern boundaries for the Middle East

what is the Sykes-Picot Agreement 

500

Woodrow Wilson’s proposal for the United States for ending World War I. goal was to obtain peace without victory, arms reductions, self-determination and freedom of seas

what were the 14 Points

500

Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

what are Central Powers