Vocabulary
The belief in a strong military
What is militarism?
Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as these powers, because of their location in the heart of Europe
What is the central powers?
This man's plan called for Germany to quickly defeat France and then focus their efforts on Russia
Who was Schlieffen?
This country offered to help Mexico reclaim land lost to the United States if Mexico would join the fight with them.
Who is Germany?
This event drained the treasuries of Europe.
What is World War I?
Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause
What is propaganda?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed this group before WWI.
What is the Triple Alliance?
George Clemenceau represented this nation at the Treaty of Versailles.
What is France?
This country lost the least amount of soldiers during the war
Who is the United States?
These points were a plan for the post war world
What are the Fourteen Points?
the limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy-often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply
Great Britain, France, and Russia formed this alliance prior to WWI.
What is the Triple Entente?
He was the President of the U.S. and the author of the Fourteen Points.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
The United States Congress did not join this group, even though President Wilson was the chief architect of it.
What is the League of Nations?
When this was signed o November 11, 1918, it brought an end to World War I.
What is the armistice?
an agreement to stop fighting
What is armistice?
the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with other nations that fought on their side
What are allies?
He led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and most of World War I.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
The United States fought with this group during WWI.
What are the Allies?
Once the participating countries began to devoting all of their resources to the war effort, it becomes this type of war.
What is total war?
the freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live
According to the Treaty of Versailles, they took the blame for WWI.
Who is Germany?
He negotiated a treaty with Germany to get Russia out of the war.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
This intercepted note caused the U.S. to enter the war.
What is the Zimmerman note?
This region of Europe was called a "powder keg"
What are the Balkans?