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Chapters 29 –Vocab_TheGreatWar_1914-1918
1. Militarism
2. Triple Alliance
3. Kaiser Wilhelm II
4. Triple Entente
5. Schlieffen Plan
6. Central Powers
Mr. Silvestri – World History
SHORT VERSION
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always
prepared for war.
A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years
preceding World War I. (Italy would switch sides when the war broke out.)
Kaiser of Germany during World War I.
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years
preceding World War I.
Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of World War I, where German
troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia.
In World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the
other nations that fought on their side.
7. Allies
In World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other
nations that fought on their side. (The U.S. would join the Allies in 1917.)
8. Western Front
In World War I, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies
and the Central Powers battled each other.
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches
dug in the battlefield.
In World War I, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians
and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral
ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in an enemy’s waters.
9. Trench warfare
10. Eastern Front
11. Unrestricted sub warfare
12. Total war
13. Rationing
14. Propaganda
15. Armistice
16. Woodrow Wilson
17. Fourteen Points
18. Self-determination
19. Treaty of Versailles
20. League of Nations
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
The limiting of the amount of goods people can buy – often imposed by
governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply.
Information spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent’s cause.
An agreement to stop fighting.
President of the United States during World War I.
A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a
plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.
The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live.
The peace treaty signed by Germany & the Allied powers after World War I.
An international association formed after World War I with the goal of
keeping peace among nations.
Chapters 29 –Vocab_TheGreatWar_1914-1918
Section 1: The Stage is set for War
Main Idea: In Europe, military buildup, nationalistic feelings, and rival alliances set the stage for a continental war.
Why It Matters Now: Ethnic conflict in the Balkan region, which helped start the war, continued to erupt in that area in the 1990s..
Section 2: War Consumes Europe
Main Idea: One European nation after another was drawn into a large and industrialized war that resulted in many casualties.
Why It Matters Now: Much of the technology of modern warfare, such as fighter planes and tanks, was introduced in World War I.
Section 3: War Affects the World
Main Idea: World War I spread to several continents and required the full resources of many governments.
Why It Matters Now: The war propelled the United States to a new position of international power, which it retains today.
Section 4: A Flawed Peace
Main Idea: After winning the war, the Allies dictated a harsh peace settlement that left many nations feeling betrayed.
Why It Matters Now: Hard feelings left by the peace settlement helped cause World War II.