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48 Cards in this Set
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Region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and Central Powers battled each other during WWI |
Western Front |
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German Submarines |
U-Boats |
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WWI alliance group made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria |
Central Powers |
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Prussian Chancellor that used war to unify Germany, Austria-Hungary, and then used alliances to surround their enemy, France |
Otto Von Bismarck |
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German leader that wished to show Germany's power and did so by enlarging the German navy he led Germany into WWI |
Kaiser Willhelm II |
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German war plan at the start of WWI that stated that they would drive France out of the war quickly and then focus their army on Russia |
Schlieffen Plan |
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The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
Eastern Front |
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WWI conflict that took place on September 5, 1914, when the Allies attacked the German army northeast of Paris in the valley of the Marne River preventing the Germans from knocking the French out of the war early |
First Battle of Marne |
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An agreement to stop fighting |
Armistace |
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WWI alliance between Britain, France, and Russia |
Triple Entente |
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Nickname given to the German ace pilot, Baron Manfred von Richthofen |
Red Baron |
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Serbian who assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne for a Bosnian group wishing to drive the Austrians out of their nation |
Princip |
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Ship sunk by Germans during WWI which caused the deaths of 1198 people including 128 Americans |
Lusitinia |
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To take over one nation, or territory, by another nation |
Annex |
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President Wilson's plan for peace following WWI |
Fourteen Points |
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A British soldier who lead Arab guerilla raids against the Turks |
Lawrence of Arabia |
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Communist leader in Russia who removed Russia from the war |
Vladimir Lenin |
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President of the United States during WWI |
Woodrow Wilson |
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International association formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
League of Nations |
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Original name given for WWI |
The Great War |
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The limiting of the amount of goods people can buy, often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply |
Rationing |
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An agreement that was reached between Germany and the Allies on June 29, 1919 and officially ended WWI in Europe |
Treaty of Versailles |
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Space located between two trenches where it was extremely dangerous to engage in combat |
"No Man's Land" |
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Message from Germany that said Germany would help Mexico get back land it lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany |
Zimmerman Note |
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French Prime Minister during WWI, he wished to make Germany pay for the devastation caused in France |
Georges Clemenceau |
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Treaty between Russia and Germany that ended the conflict between the two nations |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
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The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship found in an enemy's water |
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare |
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British Prime Minister during WWI |
David Lloyd George |
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Indian leader who urged support for India's participation in the war because he felt it would improve his people's status with the British |
Gandhi |
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Pre-WWI alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary |
Dual Alliance |
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Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne assassinated in Sarajevo sparking WWI |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort |
Total War |
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Allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live |
Self-determination
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The policy of glorifying military powers and keeping an army prepared for war |
Militarism |
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Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before WWI |
Triple Alliance |
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Alliance made up of Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy, the United States, and others |
Allies |
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Devotion to one's nation; it can serve as a unifying force in a nation and competition among nations |
Nationalism |
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A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from ditches dug in the battlefield |
Trench Warfare |
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Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent cause |
Propaganda |
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What are 4 reasons for the United State's entry into WWI? |
- Germany using Unrestricted Submarine Warfare - Sinking of Lusitania - Connection of Allies - Zimmerman Note |
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What are the 4 Causes for WWI |
- Nationalism - Imperialism - Militarism - Creation of Alliances |
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Why did the war spread to become a "World War"? |
alliances and colonies of Europeans engaged in war throughout Asia and Africa
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Discuss the parts of the Legacy left behind by WWI |
- New technology - War on a global scale - Landscape of death and destruction - 8.5 million dead, 21 million wounded - Civilian death by starvation, disease, and slaughter - Cost of war drained European economies - Pointlessness of the war left a mark on Western Society |
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What was the purpose of the Gallipoli Campaign? Why did the Allies abandon it? |
Open a supply line to Russia
-became a stalemate, 250,000 casualties |
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What was the spark that ignited WWI? |
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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What are some of the new weapons that were created during WWI? |
-machine guns -poison gases -armored tanks -airplanes -grenade -flame throwers -submarine |
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What was the significance of the Second Battle of the Marne? |
With the aid of fresh Americans, Allies destroyed the German Lines and steadily advanced on Germany |
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What events signaled the final defeat of the Central Powers? |
-addition of the Americans -Kaiser Wilhelm II stepped down, Germany declared itself a Republic -Bulgarians and Ottomans surrendered -Revolution in Austria-Hungary -German soldiers turned on the Kaiser |
