AP world world war one

Gavrilo Princep

Gavrilo Princep

assisnated siberan started WWI

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

after his assassination world war one began he was austro-hungarian

Woodward Wilson

United stats peace conference leader

David Lloyd George

great Britain leader of the paris peace conference

Georges Clemenceau

France paris peace conference leader

Vittorio Orlando

peace conference leader from italy

Triple Entente

Britain and france were allies with russia

Triple Alliance

composed of germany, austria-hungary, and itlay

Allies

triple entente became know as this as they were joined by italy,jpan,china, the Us, etc.

Central Powers

ottoman empire and bulgaria joined former triple alliance now called this

Hague Conventions

establish the laws and customs of war in the strict sense, by defining the rules that belligerents must follow during hostilities.

League of Nations

International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join.

Weimar Government

Germany's government

Pan-arabism

A movement that calls for unification among the peoples and countries of the Arab World, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea.

Pan-slavism

movement created by Russia in order to weaken Austria-Hungary's control on Serbia

zionism

European jewish movement that argued that Jews return to their holy land

The great war

lasted from 1914-1918 world war one very bad and immense fighting scale

Militarism

growing army and bringing it up

Self-determination

the right to decide your own political futures

Stalemate

death toll and suffering extremely high and no one is winning

Lusitania

British passenger ship that was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat

Zimmerman Telegram

event that pushed US into war german offered to help mexico return their land from the US if they allied themselves with mexico during the war

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The treaty marked Russia's final withdrawal from World War I

All quiet on the western front

Written by a French Soldier in the perspective of a German soldier to show how war doesn't go well for anyone; anti-war book.

total war

form of war in which civilians are actively involved and the war permeates all parts of life for the constituent states involved

poison gas(mustard gas)

One of the most insidious weapons of new style of warfare it was extremely painful and long lasting.

Tanks

developed by british to protect troops as they moved across vast areas while still being able to fire.

U-boats

submarine

airplanes

new flying device

trench warfare

type of combat in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground

Consumption

the act of using goods and services in order to satisfy wants and needs.

Western Front

the western side of territory under the control of Germany

eastern front

the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks

ANZAC

troops from australia and new zealand formed this special corps

Paris peace conference

Conference held after war that had profound effects on the world

fourteen points

document created by wilson woodrow featuring his principles

treaty of Versailles

1919 peace treaty with germany trying to not punish germany that much( did not go through)

Reparations

trying to fix damage caused by the war

War guilt clause

In treaty of Versailles; declared Germany and Austria-Hungary responsible for WWI;

Mandate system

an internationally sanctioned method of colonialism. It granted control over former German and Ottoman territories to members of the League of Nations after World War I.

Balfour declaration

a public pledge by Britain in 1917 declaring its aim to establish “a national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine

Armenian genocide

The massacre of Armenians conducted by Turkey

influenza pandemic

Global outbreak of a deadly type of flu.

Lost generation

a group of writers and poets who were men and women of this period