World War I Participants
Countries that belonged to the Triple Alliance.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
A strong sense of pride, loyalty and protectiveness towards your country. It was a belief that one's country was the best and that their country was more important than any other country.
Nationalism
A conflict based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy losses.
War of attrition
The name of the treaty that ended World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
The assassination of this man is considered to be the spark of World War I
Archduke Frans Ferdinand
Countries that belonged to the Triple Entente.
France, Great Britian and Russia
The belief that a nation needs a larger military force.
Militarism
Area between opposing trenches.
No Mans Land
Name for money to be paid by a defeated nation for the damage or injury it inflicted during war.
Reparations
He was the leader of Austria-Hungary at the beginning of WWI.
Emperor Franz Joseph I
Country where most of the battles in the Western Front took place.
France
The Central Powers and The Allies during World War I are examples of this.
Alliances.
Germany's strongest naval weapon.
U-Boat
What time and date did the armistice of WWI go into affect?
the "11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month". November 11, 1918
He was the leader of Germany at the beginning of WWI.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Country that the Russian Empire was willing to defend from Austria-Hungary
Serbia
The maintaining and extending of power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism).
Imperialism
The deadliest weapon in WWI. It has a yellowish appearance in the air.
Mustard Gas
He led the Bolshiviks in a revolt in Russia.
Vladimir Lenin
He was leader of Russia at the begining of WWI
Czar Nicholas II
Which country did Germany propose an alliance with, pushing the United States closer to joining the war.
Mexico
The city and country where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
Sarajevo, Bosnia
What was the primary objective of Major Charles Whittlesey and his 77th Infantry Division unit.
To advance through the Argonne Forest, take and hold a specific position known as Charlevaux Mill.
Woodrow Wilson would outline this plan to Congress, his basis for a peace settlement.
Fourteen Points
This Canadian soldier would rise to the rank of Sargent Major in a matter of 3 months. He fought in the battles of Festubert, Mt. Sorrel, and the Somme.
David R. Mathieson