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41 Cards in this Set
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militarism |
Glorifying war and preparing for it |
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Triple Alliance |
Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Emperor of Germany |
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Triple Entente |
Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia |
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Schlieffen Plan |
Germany’s plan for winning the war on two fronts |
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Allies |
Great Britain, France, Russia, and other nations who fought on their side |
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Central Powers |
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other nations who fought on their side |
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trench warfare |
Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield |
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Western Front |
Region of northern France where much fighting took place |
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Eastern Front |
Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place |
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unrestricted submarine warfare |
Using submarines to sink any ship without warning |
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total war |
War in which countries use all their resources for the war |
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rationing |
Control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have |
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propaganda |
One-sided information designed to persuade |
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armistice |
Agreement to stop fighting |
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Woodrow Wilson |
President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented theUnited States at Versailles |
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Georges Clemenceau |
France’s premier and delegate at Versailles |
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Fourteen Points |
Plan for a just and lasting peace |
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self-determination |
Allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind ofgovernment they want |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Agreement at the end of World War I between Germany and theAllied Powers |
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League of Nations |
International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
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What was the immediate cause of WWI? |
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand |
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What were the long-term causes of WWI? |
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
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U.S. President during WWI |
Woodrow Wilson |
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British Prime Minister during WWI |
David Lloyd George |
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True or False: The United States joined WWI in 1914. |
False |
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What country switched from Central Powers to Allies after declaring war on Austria-Hungary? |
Italy |
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What country was forced to drop out of WWI because of the revolution in their country? |
Russia |
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What terrorist group did Serbian assassin Gavrilo Princip belong to? |
Black Hand |
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True or False: The deadliest area of WWI was the Western Front because of trench warfare. |
true |
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True or False: Germans believed the war would be over in a few weeks, months at the most. |
true |
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The area between the trenches was called? |
no man’s land |
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What are some new weapons used in WWI? |
tanks, poison gas, submarines, machine guns, fighter planes |
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What ship did German U-boats sink that killed 128 Americans? |
Lusitania |
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When did WWI officially end with an armistice? |
November 18, 1918 |
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True or False: The United States supported the Treaty of Versailles and joined the League of Nations. |
False |
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True or False: Women took the place of men in factories, offices, shops, and on farms when the men went to war. |
true |
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The “Big Four” at the Paris Peace Conference were: |
Woodrow Wilson (U.S.), Georges Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (Britain), Vittorio Orlando (Italy) |
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What did Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles do? |
war-guilt clause; forced Germany to accept responsibility for starting WWI |
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True or False: Germany and the defeated countries were allowed to attend the Paris Peace Conference. |
False |
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How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? |
reduced military, cut air force and subs, prohibited them from making or importing weapons, forced to give up territory, accept responsibility for starting WWI, forced to pay reparations |
