World War I Vocabulary

Spring Exam

Western Front

War line between Belgium and Switzerland turning World War I; featured trench warfare and massive casualties among combatants

Eastern Front

War zone from the Balkans where Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Russians, and Balkan nations fought

Franz Ferdinand

Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914; precipitated World War I

Armenian genocide

Assault carried out by mainly Turkish military forces against this population in Anatolia in 1915; over a million perished, and thousands fled to Russia and the Middle East

Self-determination

Right of people in a region to choose their own political system and its leaders

Mandates

Governments entrusted to victorious European World War I nations over the colonies of the defeated powers

League of Nations

International organization of nations created after World War I; designed to preserve world peace; the United States never joined