World Wars - AP World History Vocab 12

Triple Entente

A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.

Triple Alliance

An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy in the years before WWI.

Francis Ferdinand

archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in 1914

Militarism

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war

Trench Warfare

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from ditches dug in the battlefield.

Armistice

an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

Reparations

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war. Opposed by the U.S., it quickly lead to a severe depression in Germany.

Fourteen Points

The war aims outlined by President Wilson in 1918, which he believed would promote lasting peace; called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and a league of nations.

League of Nations

an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations