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true or false?
the only major allied nation that lost land after world war I was Russia
true
true or false?
after the war, the Ottoman turks lost their former empire, retaining only what is today the country of lebanon
False
true or false?
Woodrow Wilson proposed the general association of nations that would later become the league of nations
true
true or false?
the right of nations to self-determination was a guiding principal of the treaty of versailles
false
Great Britain was represent at the Paris peace conference by
david Lloyd
which countries made up Europe great powers
great Britain, france, Germany, austria-hungary, Russia, and italy
why did Bismarck seek alliances that later became the triple alliance
to isolate France
why did Italy refuse to support its ally Germany
it accused Germany of starting the war
What did the central powers gain over Russia at the battle near tannenberg
Germany drove the russians into full retreat
a goal of the allies gallipoli campaign
to establish a supply line to russia
what did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to
Germany policy to sink any ship in british waters without warning
what happened after the americans joined the war
the bulgarians and ottoman turks surrendered
how did the treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany
it left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people
American public opinion about joining the league of nations
it believe the u.s. should stay out of European affairs
what impact did the war have on the economy of europe
it drained the treasuries of Europe
what newly independent country emergerd on the former eastern front
Poland
what new state was created between france and Germany
Saar
which of the following allies gained territory
Italy
what happened to montenergo and Serbia
became part of Yugoslavia
which country was most similar to russia in the number of battlefields deaths
Germany
what major central power lost the most troops
Germany
policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war
mititarism
which nations heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by Serbian nationalist
austria-hungary
world war 1 was a total war in the sense that
the nations involved devoted all their resources to it
what region referred to as the powder keg of europe
the balkan peninsula
which nation greatly regretted its loss of alsace-lorraine to Germany in 1870
France
one of the main causes of the war, imperialism involved
acquiring uncolonized areas of the world
much of europe was drawn into the war because of
a network of alliances
because generals were not used to the killing power of modern weapons they
kept giving orders to attack
to be successful ,submarines had to
surprise the ships they attacked
German subs aimed to attack ships that were carrying
weapons to the allies
the u.s. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany when
Germany violated the sussex pledge
the convoy system instituted in may 1917
cut merchant marine losses greatly
Russia's exit from the war
increased the pressure on the allies
at chateau thierry American marines
helped save Paris by stopping the German advance
under the terms of the peace treaty, Germany had to
pay reparations to the allies
he developed bomb carrying planes
billy Mitchell
he shot down 26 enemy planes
Eddie Rickerbacker
he led the American forces at the battle of chateau-theierry
james harbord
captured 132 enemy soldiers and killed 25 more
Alvin York
commander of the American expeditionary forces
blackjack pershing
offered mexico the southwest u.s.
Zimmerman note
agreed to warm ships before submarines attacked
sussex pledge
group of ships used for protection from subs
convoy
uncivilized weapon
u-boat
tactic where senators refuse to stop talking
filibuster
deep devotion to one's nation
nationalism
both tried to dominate in the balkans,a region in southeast Europe
Russia and Austria-Hungary
within the Balkans
Serbs, Bulgarian, Romanians
increasing rivarly among European nations stemmed from several sources
competition for materials and market. territorial disputes
prussia chancellor
otto von bismarck
bismarck saw this as the greatest threat to peace
France
Bismarck's first goal
isolate France
Bismarck formed the alliance between Germany and Austria - Hungary and later Italy called
triple alliance
triple alliance
a military alliance between Germany Austria -Hungary and Italy
bismarck took yet another possible ally away from France by making a treaty with
Russia
ruler of Germany who forced Bismarck to resign
Kaiser wilhelm II
Wilhelm in 1890 let the
treaty with Russia lapse
how did russia respond to Wilhelm letting his nations treaty with Russia lapse?
forming a alliance with France
a military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia
triple entente
those who succeeded in breaking away from their Turkish rulers formed new nations of
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro,Romania, and Serbia
Serbia had a large population of
slavs
serbia hoped to
absorb all the slavs on the Balkan peninsula
Russia a slavic nation supported
Serbian nationalism
opposed Serbian nationalism
Austria-Hungary
in 1908 Austria took over
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina were areas with large
slavic population
place where archduke franz Ferdinand was assisnated
sarajevo, capital of Bosnia
killer of franz Ferdinand
gavrilo princip
gavrilo princip a 19 year old Serbian was a member of
the black hand
the black hand was a
secret society committed to riding Bosnia of Austrian rule
because the assassin was a Serbian Austria decided to
use the murders as an excuse to punish Serbia
how did austria punish Serbia
presented Serbia with an ultimatum containing numerous demands
what was Austria respond to Serbia agreeing to most demands but have several others settled by an international conference
Austria was in no mood to negotiate and on july 28 Austria rejected Serbia offers and declare war
russia an ally of Serbia in response to Austria declaring war
mobilization of troops toward the Austrian border
the german government declared war on Russia because
Russia, Serbia ally began moving its army toward the Russian -Austrian border. expecting Germany to join Austria Russia also mobolized along the German border
central powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later Ottoman empire and Bulgaria
Allies
Great Britain, France, and Russia. Japan and Italy joined later
the region of northern France where the forces of the allies and the central powers battle each other
western front
Germany developed a battle strategy known as the schlieffen plan which
called for attacking and defeating France in the west and rushing east to fight Russia
after german forces had swept into france and reached the outskirts of paris on September 5 the allies
regrouped and attacked the German northeast of Paris, in the valley og marne
single most important event of the war
first battle of marne
opposing armies dug miles of parallel trenches on the
western front
gas introduced by
Germans
introduced by the British in 1916 at the battle of the somme
tank
stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border
eastern front
here Russians and serbs battled Germans and austro-hungarians
eastern front
the war in the east was more
mobile
a promising strategy for the allies seemed to be to
attack a region in the ottoman empire known as the Dardanelles
Dardanelles is
narrow sea strait that was a gateway to the Ottoman capital
ending of the gallipoli campaign?
allies gave up the campaign and began to evacuate
a german submarine had sunk
British passenger ship Lusitania
a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
total war
the limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy often imposed by government during wartime when goods are in short supply
rationing
information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponents cause
propaganda
Germany and Russia signed the
treaty of brest-litovsk
in july 1918 the allies and germans clashed at
the second battle of the Marne
an agreement to stop fighting
armistice
big four consistedd of
woodrow wilson of the u.s. david Lloyd George of great britain, georges Clemenceau of France, and vittorio Orlando of Italy
outlined a plan for achieving a just a lasting peace
fourteen points
first four points of fourteen points included
an end to secret treaties, freedom of seas, free trade, and reduced national armies and navies