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CAUSES
FIGHTING
MIDDLE EAST
U.S. IN WWI
PEACE
100
Political, economic, & social domination of a strong country over a weaker country
What is imperialism?
100
Series of tunnels dug into the ground to prove cover from enemy fire
What are trenches?
100
Central Power that occupied most of the Middle East before WWI
What is the Ottoman Empire?
100
German submarines
What are U-boats?
100
Side that won the war
What is the Allied Powers?
200
Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire
Who are the Central Powers?
200
Space between opposing trenches
What is "no-man's land"?
200
Type of warfare used by smaller armies that is characterized by quick sporadic attacks
What is guerilla warfare?
200
Alliance that the U.S. joined when it entered the war
What is the Allied Powers?
200
Allied Power that was NOT invited to discuss peace terms following WWI because it left the war in 1917
What is Russia?
300
Desire of people of similar social & ethnic backgrounds to have their own independent nation
What is nationalism?
300
Military technology most often used to attack opposing trenches from long distances away
What is artillery?
300
Ethnic group that was systematically murdered by the Young Turk regime
What is Armenian?
300
U.S. President during WWI
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
300
Term for money that was Germany was forced to pay following WWI
What is reparations?
400
Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination sparked WWI
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
400
A position in which neither side can gain an advantage over the other
What is a stalemate?
400
British officer who helped lead the Arab Revolt
Who is Lawrence of Arabia?
400
British passenger ship sunk by German submarines, killing over 1,000 civilians
What is the Lusitania?
400
Name for the conference held after WWI to determine peace terms
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
500
Region in southeastern Europe where people of Bosnia wanted their independence
What is the Balkans?
500
A war in which the winner is the side that can outlast the other
What is a war of attrition?
500
Agreement between Britain & France in which they agreed to divide Middle Eastern territory between themselves following the war
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
500
German message sent to Mexico promising to help Mexico regain territory if they joined the war against the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
500
International group of countries formed by the Treaty of Versailles to create greater security & prevent future war
What is the League of Nations?