World War I

Question 1

Pan-Slavism

Answer 1

Uniting the Slavic people

Question 2

Powder keg of Europe

Answer 2

Nationalism… A tiny spark will lead to an explosion

Question 3

Militarism

Answer 3

Glorification of the military… Survival of the fittest… Expand navy/army… Gain respect

Question 4

Alliances

Answer 4

Treaties signed to defend one another’s

Question 5

Triple entente

Answer 5

France, Britain, Russia

Becomes Allies + US & Italy

Question 6

Triple Alliance

Answer 6

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Becomes central powers + turkey and Bulgaria -Italy

Question 7

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Answer 7

Visited & Assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia… Black Hand / Unity or Death vowed to take action… Gavrilo Princep

Question 8

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 8

Conspirator that shot the archduke and his wife

Question 9

Ultimatum

Answer 9

Final set of demands…

Austria sent to Serbia … Serbia partially agreed resulting in Austria declaring was on Serbia

Question 10

Kaiser William II

Answer 10

Gave Austria a “blank check”

Horrified at the assassination of archduke

Question 11

Mobilize

Answer 11

Prepare the military forces for war

Question 12

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 12

Wanted to avoid a two front war… Germany defeated France then moved to Russia … Plan violated

Question 13

Neutrality

Answer 13

Policy of supporting neither side

Question 14

Guns of August

Answer 14

Widely read study of the outbreak of war

Question 15

Great War

Answer 15

Another name for WWI

Question 16

Battle of the Marne

Answer 16

Stalemate, over the top, no man’s land

… British troops reached France… Pushed back german offensive… Destroyed hopes for quick victory…

Question 17

Stalemate

Answer 17

Deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other

Question 18

Trench Warfare

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Vast system of trenches

Question 19

No man’s land

Answer 19

Between the opposing trench lines

Question 20

Verdin

Answer 20

“They shall not pass”

German trying to overwhelm the French

Question 21

Battle of the Somme

Answer 21

Costly… “Bless French white” .. British wounded/killed

Question 22

Zeppelins

Answer 22

Large gas filled balloons to bomb English

Question 23

U boats

Answer 23

Tremendous damage… Sinking of Lusitania

Question 24

Convoys

Answer 24

Groups of merchant ships protected by warships

Question 25

Battle of Tannenberg

Answer 25

Russian border... Poorly equipped.. Peasants thrown into combat... Russia lost

Question 26

Dardanelles

Answer 26

A vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

Question 27

Battle of Gallipoli

Answer 27

Used propaganda to get Austrians to fight... Battle over Dardanelles... Keep ports open ... Turkey vs allies

Question 28

Caporetto

Answer 28

Austrians & Germans launched offensive against Italy... Central powers stopped from advancing

Question 29

Total war

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Channeling of a nations entire resources into a war effort

Question 30

Conscription

Answer 30

The draft

Question 31

Propaganda

Answer 31

Spreading ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause

Question 32

Atrocities

Answer 32

Horrible acts against innocent people

Question 33

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 33

Ended Russian involvement in WWI ... | Lenin came to power

Question 34

Lusitania

Answer 34

US Passenger ship that was hit by a torpedo and sunk

Question 35

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 35

British intercepted message from German foreign minister... Germany would help reconquest lost territory

Question 36

Self determination

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Right of people to choose their way of government

Question 37

Armistice

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Agreement to end fighting

Question 38

Pandemic

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Spread of a disease across a large area

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Reparations

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Payments for war damage

Question 40

Big three

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David Lloyd George (British prime minister) George's Clemenceau (French "the tiger") Woodrow Wilson (US president

Question 41

Collectives security

Answer 41

System in which a group of nations act as one to preserve the peace

Question 42

Mandates

Answer 42

Territories administered by western powers

Question 43

Pacifism

Answer 43

Opposition to all war