World War I and Revolution (1914-1918)

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to World War I and the subsequent revolution.

Triple Alliance

An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy before World War I.

Triple Entente

An alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain before World War I.

Militarism

The belief in building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.

Imperialism

The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, military force, or other means.

Nationalism

A strong sense of pride and devotion to one’s nation.

Assassination

The deliberate killing of a prominent or important person, often for political reasons.

Black Hand

A secret society in Serbia that was instrumental in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Mobilization

The act of assembling and making ready troops for war.

Schlieffen Plan

Germany's military strategy to avoid a two-front war by invading France through Belgium.

Stalemate

A situation in which neither side can gain an advantage in a conflict.

Total war

A conflict where the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.

Propaganda

Information, especially biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or point of view.

Isolationism

A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Trench Warfare

A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.

Zimmerman Note

A secret diplomatic communication from Germany proposing a military alliance with Mexico.

U-Boat

A German submarine used in World War I and World War II.

Big Four

The four principal architects of the peace settlements after World War I: the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy.

Treaty of Versailles

The treaty that ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.

Fourteen Points

A statement of principles for peace that was used for peace negotiations to end World War I.

Armistice

An agreement to stop fighting, often for a specific time.

League of Nations

An international organization founded after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among countries.

Self-determination

The right of people to determine their own political status.

Battle of Verdun

One of the longest and deadliest battles in World War I, fought between French and German forces.

Battle of the Somme

A major battle of World War I that took place on the Western Front in 1916.

Rasputin

A Russian mystic and confidant of the Romanov family.

Lenin

Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and architect of the Soviet state.

Bolsheviks

A faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which ultimately became the Russian Communist Party.

February/March Revolution

The revolution that led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The treaty signed between Russia and the Central Powers that ended Russia's involvement in World War I.

Armenian Genocide

The systematic extermination of Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

Mustafa Kemal

A Turkish army officer and founder of modern Turkey, known as 'Father of the Turks'.