Terms
Drafting citizens to the military
Conscription
Russia, France, Great Britain
Triple Entente (Allied Powers)
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Many soldiers lived in the _____ during the long stalemates on the Western Front.
trenches
Which allied side won the war?
Triple Entente (Allied Powers)
A system of loose friendships (agreement to fight on same side)
Alliance system
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
Germany sank this United States ship (one of the main causes for the U.S. joining the war)
Lusitania
What new weapon was introduced at the Battle of the Somme?
armored tanks
What were the Fourteen Points?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace
Glorification of war; to build up a country's military
Militarism
_____ declared war on Germany because they invaded neutral Belgium
Great Britain
Germany sent this to try and get Mexico to start a war against the United States
Zimmermann Telegram
Name three new weapons used in WW1
machine gun, tank, airplane
Woodrow Wilson's main goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to ____
create a League of Nations
A final demand with only two possibilities
Ultimatum
______ entered the war to support Serbia against Austria-Hungary
Russia
The idea that Slavic people should have their own nation and independence
Pan-Slavism
Germany's plan to defeat France quickly and turn to Russia
the Schlieffen Plan
blamed them for the war, made them pay reparations, left their country humiliated and resentful, economic/political chaos
An agreement to stop fighting and put down weapons
Armistice
Disputed territory between France and Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
M- Militarism
A- Alliances
I- Imperialism
N- Nationalism
The British failed at _____, where they were trying to get supplies to Russia
Gallipoli
Name one new nation created after WW1 ended
Estonia, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Yugoslavia