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What is an entente?
nonbinding alliance between nations
Which countries were the alliance? Which countries were the Central Powers?
France, England, Italy, Russia (until 1917), US (1918)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
What is a zeppelin?
large gas-filled balloons
What is propaganda?
spread of ideas to promote or cause damage to an opposing cause
What is an armistice?
agreement to stop fighting a war
Why was the Balkan region called the "powder keg" of Europe?
volatile-many different ethnic groups fighting over land
stalemate, no man's land
What is a U-Boat?
German submarine that sank many British and American ships
What was the Lusitania? What impact did it have on the war?
passenger ship also carrying weapons that was sunk in May 1915, inspired men to enlist to fight, hurt German relationship with US, vilified Germans
What was the League of Nations? Why was it unsuccessful?
international peacekeeping organization, difficulty with decision-making and lack of US involvement
What was the spark that started World War I?
assassination of Franz Ferdinand
What was the Schliffen Plan? What problem did it cause?
Germany goes through Belgium to surprise the French behind their line, violated Belgium's neutrality
Name 3 other types of technology and explain how they were used.
airplanes
gases
tanks
What is total war? Give three examples.
channeling a nation's entire resources to fight
food rationing, factory production, government bonds
List four of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
self-determination, freedom of seas, freedom of trade, independence for colonies, demilitarization, international peacekeeping organization
List and explain the four main causes of World War I.
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
Explain why the six major countries in the war declared war on each other.
Austrian-Hungary: assassination of Archduke
Russia: protect Serbia
France: offered to help Russia
Britain: Schliffen Plan
Germany: promise to ally
US: U-Boat sinkings and Zimmerman
Note
Why was the Dardanelles important?
supply line to Russia, used for trade; connected Black Sea to Mediterranean
Explain the Zimmerman note.
Germany offered to help Mexico win back land in US if they joined the Central Powers
List four terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany pays all war reparations, loses Alsace-Lorraine, Rhineland, demilitarization, loss of land near Poland, loss of colonies