Chap. 21 Flashcards
Year the war began
1914
4 Cuases (M)
Militarism- glorification of the miliary
4 causes (A)
Alliance system- agreement between countries to aid and support in a another
4 Cuases (I)
Imperialism- building of empires by using outside rule on peoples around the wor
4 causes (N)
Nationalism- feeling of pride in ones nation or ethnic group.
Spark that stared the war
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beautiful wife Sophie
New technologies in warfare
Airplanes, armored tanks, rapid-fire machine guns, heavy artillery, poison gas
Zimmerman Telegram
Authur Zimmerman proposed that Mexico join the war on Germany’s side. Germany would help Mexico get back New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.
Lusitania
May 7, 1915, a U boat sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. Nearly 1200 people died, 128 were Americans
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire
Triple Entente (Allies)
Great Britain, France, Russia
Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Assassinated by a Serbian nationalist
Woodrow Wilson
President of the US of America during WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm
Leader of Germany during WW1
George V
Leader of Britain during WW1
Nicholas ll
Leader of Russia during WW1
Balkan Peninsula
Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, and Bulgaria
Powder Keg
Barrel of gunpowder (Balkans compared to this because a single spark could easily provoke a major war)
Western Front
German advance halted at the Marne River by the French and British. This became the Western Front.
Stalemate
Deadlock, neither side cold score a clear victory