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Militarism |
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. |
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Triple Alliance |
was a military alliance among Germany, Austria–Hungary, and Italy |
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Kaiser Wilhelm ll |
the German emperor, the emperor of Austria, or the head of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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Triple Entente |
"friendship, understanding, agreement" was the alliance linking the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente on 31 August 1907. |
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unrestricted submarine warefare |
is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning |
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total warfare |
military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war. |
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rationing |
allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity). |
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propaganda |
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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armistice |
an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. |
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Woodrow Wilson |
was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 and leader of the Progressive Movement |
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Georges Clemenceau |
was a French statesman who led the nation in the First World War. |
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fourteen points |
was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe |
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self-determination |
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government. |
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League of Nations |
was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. |
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Central Powers |
was a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I; the members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and their territories.
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Allies |
friends o the u.s.
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western front |
was the name applied to the fighting zone in France and Flanders, where the British, French, Belgian and (towards the end of the war) the American armies faced that of Germany
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schlieffen plans |
was the German army's plan for war against France and Russia .
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What was the immediate cause of WWI? |
assassination of 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
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Woodrow Wilson
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British Prime Minister during WWI
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David Lloyd George
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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 |
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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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What did Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles do?
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war-guilt clause; forced Germany to accept responsibility for starting WWI |
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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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True or False: Women took the place of men in factories, offices, shops, and on farms when the men went to war.
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true |
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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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When did WWI officially end with an armistice? |
November 18, 1918
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What ship did German U-boats sink that killed 128 Americans? |
Lusitania
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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?
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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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True or False: The United States joined WWI in 1914.
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false
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trench warfare
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a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other
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eastern front
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of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union
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