Causes of World War I
This strong pride in one’s country or ethnic group helped increase tensions in Europe.
What is nationalism?
A situation where neither side can win or advance, especially in trench warfare.
What is a stalemate?
A 1917 uprising that ended the Russian monarchy and led to a communist government.
What is the Russian Revolution?
A message sent quickly over long distances using telegraph wires.
What is a telegram?
The belief that countries should build up strong armies and be ready to use them.
What is militarism?
The dangerous land between opposing trenches during World War I.
What is No Man’s Land?
The treaty that removed Russia from World War I by making peace with Germany.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
The idea that people should have the right to govern themselves and form their own nations.
What is self-determination?
This policy involved powerful nations controlling weaker regions for resources and power.
What is imperialism?
A strategy of wearing down the enemy through heavy losses of soldiers and supplies.
What is a war of attrition?
An agreement to stop fighting that ended World War I on November 11, 1918.
What is an armistice?
President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after World War I.
What are the Fourteen Points?
An agreement between countries to support each other during war.
What is an alliance?
A type of war where all resources, including civilians and factories, support the war effort.
What is total war?
Money paid by a defeated country to cover war damages.
What are reparations?
The four Allied leaders who helped decide the peace terms after World War I.
Who are the Big Four?
Germany’s plan to quickly defeat France by invading through Belgium.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
Groups of ships traveling together to protect against submarine attacks.
What are convoys?
The 1919 peace treaty that punished Germany and officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A secret message from Germany to Mexico that helped bring the U.S. into the war.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?