Chapter 13 Flashcards
(24 cards)
The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war
Militarism
Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
Triple Allaince
Became ruler of Germany in 1888
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Entente
Alliance
Alliance between Britain, France, and Russia
Triple Entente
Known as the “powder keg” of Europe
The Balkans
A large part of the German army would race west, to defeat France, and then return to fight Russia in the east
The Schlieffen Plan
Austria-Hungary and Germany
Central Powers
Great Britain, France, and Russia later Japan and Italy
Allied Powers or the Allies
Deadlocked region in northern France
Western Front
Opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of trenches for protection, later soldiers fought each other from them
Trench warfare
The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russia border
Eastern Front
The use of subs to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy’s waters
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
Total war
Limiting amounts of goods people can buy, often imposed by governments during wartime, when in short supply
Rationing
One-sided information designed to persuade
Propaganda
Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio
The Big Four
President of the U.S. during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Prime minister of France during WWI
George’s Clemenceau
Leader of Great Britain during WWI
David Lloyd George
Series of proposals drawn up by President Wilson
Fourteen Points
Allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live
Self-determination
Compromise that ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
International association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations
League of Nations
