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a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war. |
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Militarism |
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a military alliance between Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy in the years preceding World war I |
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Triple Alliance |
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a military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding world war I |
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Triple Entente |
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Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia. |
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Schlieffen Plan |
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In World War I the nations of Germany and Austria- Hungary along with the other nations that fought on their side. |
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Central Powers |
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in World War I the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia along with the other nations that fought on their side. |
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Allies |
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In world War I the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allies and Central powers battled eachother |
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Western Front |
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a form of warfare in which oppposing armies fight eachother from trenches dug in the battlefield. |
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Trench Warfare |
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In World War I the region along the german- russian border where russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks. |
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Eastern Front |
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The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship found in an enemies waters. |
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Unrestricted Submarine Warfare |
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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all of their resources to war effort. |
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Total War |
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The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy often imposed by governments during war time when goods are in short supply. |
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Rationing |
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Information or material spread to advance a cause or damage an opponents cause. |
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Propaganda |
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An agreement to stop fighting. |
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Armistice |
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a series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peasce after World War I |
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Fourteen Points |
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the freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live. |
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Self Determination |
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The peace treaty signed by germany and the allied powers after World War I. |
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Treaty of Versailles |
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an international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations. |
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League of Nations |
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-ruler of germany
-forced Bismarck to resign
-didnt want to share power with anyone
-set germany on a new course
-let his nations treaty with russia lapse in 1890 |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II |
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U.S. president representing the U.S. as part of the Big Four. he had hope for an organization that could peacefully negotiate solutions to world conflicts. |
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Woodrow Wilson |
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Part of the Big four from france. |
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Georges Clemenceau |
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Part of the Big four from great Britain. |
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David Lloyd George |
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Part of the big four from Italy. |
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Vittorio Orlando |
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