world war 1

Militarism

building up armed forces,

getting ready for war

Alliances

agreements or promises to defend and

help another country

Triple Alliance

Germany, Austro-Hungary & Italy

Triple Entente

Britain, France & Russia

Imperialism

In a nutshell: trying to build up

an Empire.

Nationalism

having pride in your country,

willing to defend it.

Archduke Ferdinand

of Austro-Hungary (A-H), He and his

wife were assassinated by Serbian terrorists, Gavrila Princip.

This was the “spark” that started WWI

Central Powers

Germany, A-H, Bulgaria, Ottoman

Empire

Allied Powers

Britain, France, Russia, Japan,

Schlieffen Plan

Facing a war on two fronts, Germany had

developed a battle strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan,

named after its designer, General Alfred Graf von

Schlieffen (SHLEE•fuhn). The plan called for attacking and

defeating France in the west and then rushing east to fight

Russia.

stalemate

or dead- lock, along the battlefields, no one is

winning– or losing

Western Front

This deadlocked region in northern

France

Trench Warfare

fighting from a trench or ditch, in which

you also sleep and eat in.

war of attrition

wearing down the enemy by continual losses in

people & material

Zeppelins

large gas-filled balloons, used in war

Tank

invented to fight trench war

flying aces

WWI Pilots

Dogfights

air battles

Total War

all people & resources devoted to war

effort

conscription

the draft

propaganda

spreading of ideas to promote a cause

or damage an opposing side

Armistice

an agreement to stop fighting

Wilson’s Peace Proposal

Negotiations to end World War I. Despite representatives from

numerous countries, the meeting’s major decisions were

discussed and agreed upon by the Big Four: Woodrow Wilson of

the United States, Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd

George of Great Britain, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy.

Gavrila Princip

group of Serbian terrorist, who assassinated

Archduke Ferdinand

Fourteen Points

Wilson’s Peace Proposal

self-determination

restored freedom to some lands &

creation of other indie lands

League of Nations

international assembly of nations:

goal to keep peace among nations.

Treaty of Versaille

The treaty that ended WWI