WWI study guide

One-sided information designed to persuade, and to keep up morale and support for the war. 

Propaganda

Use of submarines to sink without warning any ship (including neutral ships and unarmed passenger liners) found in enemy waters

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

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

Militarism

Region of France where the Allies and the Central Powers fought

Western Front

Formed by the international nations, after World War I, with the goal of keeping peace; it  was not very stable

League of Nations

The U.S. president during World War I

Woodrow Wilson

Germany’s strategy for attacking the Western Front in France, then rushing to the Eastern Front to fight Russia during World War I

Schlieffen Plan

The military alliance between Great Britain, France, Serbia, and Russia before World War I.

Triple Entente

The nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with other nations that fought on their side during World War I; also, the group of nations including Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. that opposed the Axis Powers later on during World War II.

Allies

Peace treaty signed between Russia and Germany  so that Russia could get out of World War I.

Treaty of Brest Litovsk

Region of Russia along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans. Austrians, and Turks

Eastern Front

Form of warfare used during World War I in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield

Trench Warfare

The nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with others who fought on their side during World War I.

Central Powers

Limiting the amounts of goods people can buy, imposed by the government during the war, when goods are in short supply

Rationing

Trying to take over Colonies for resources or markets

Imperialism

Region known as the powder keg of Europe

Balkans

Country that joined the central powers in hopes of regaining lost territory

Ottoman Empire

The Allied plan to get help and aid to Russia

Gallipoli Campaign

Message sent by Germany to Mexico trying to convince Mexico to declare war on the United States

Zimmerman Note

Allied passenger ship sunk by a German u- boat, killing 128 U.S. civilians

Lusitania

Country that resumed unrestricted submarine warfare because the U.S.A. was sending supplies to the Allies and Great Britain had been using a naval blockade in order to block supplies from entering Germany

Germany

The country that entered the war after the Zimmerman note was intercepted

United States

These were sold so countries could obtain money to use for the war effort. The buyers were later paid back with interest

War Bonds

Russian czar who was executed along with his family

Nicholas II

Political party who seized control of Russia after the czar was executed

Communist

List the members of the Allied Forces

Great Britain, United States, France, Serbia, and Russia

What happened to women’s wartime jobs when the war was over?

Had to go back and attend to the home

The Big Four members after the war

Great Britain, France, United States, & Italy

Reason the Triple Entente was formed

They felt threatened and needed to be stronger in all aspects, especially military

Caused by the prolonged exposure of their feet to water

Trench Foot

When neither army can advance against one another

Stalemate

The land between the trenches

No Man’s Land

Weaknesses for Russia during the war

They weren’t as modernized

Reason Germany declared war on Russia

When Russia sent troops to their border, they saw it as an act of war

Serbian nationalist who assassinated the Archduke and his wife

Gavrilo Princip

This country received most of the blame for WWI

Germany

Types of poison gas used in WWI

Mustard, Chlorine, & Phosgene

Problems both sides periodically encountered when using machine guns

Overheating

How did New weapons and technology affect WWI?

Machine guns, tanks, poison gas, hand grenades, flame throwers