great war vocab quiz

Question 1

triple entente

Answer 1

pre-world war I alliance of England, France, and Russia

Question 2

self-determination

Answer 2

people with same ethnic origins, language, political ideas have the right to form sovereign states; every person should have the right to determine their own political destiny

Question 3

14 points

Answer 3

statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I by Woodrow Wilson

Question 4

The League of Nations

Answer 4

forerunner of the United Nations, the dream of American president Woodrow Wilson, potential = limited by refusal of the United States to join

Question 5

nation

Answer 5

unique community that spoke a common language, observed common customs, inherited common cultural traditions, held common values, shared common historical experiences, sometimes common religion

Question 6

Paris Peace settlement

Answer 6

meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers

Question 7

triple alliance

Answer 7

pre-world war I alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 8

The Black Hand

Answer 8

pre world war I secret Serbian society; member Gavrilo Princip assassinated Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and sparked Great War

Question 9

Central Powers

Answer 9

World war I alliance of Germany, Austria-Hunagry, and Ottoman Empire

Question 10

Total War

Answer 10

war that is unrestricted in weapons used, territory/combatants involved, objectives pursued

Question 11

Young Italy

Answer 11

group formed by Giuseppe Mazzini that promoted Italian independence from Spanish/Austrian rule

Question 12

War of Attrition

Answer 12

military strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materials

Question 13

Volkgeist

Answer 13

“people’s spirit” a term that was coined by the German philosopher Herder

Question 14

Armenian genocide

Answer 14

campaign of extermination undertaken by the Ottomans against two million Armenians living in Ottoman territory during WWI

Question 15

Francis Ferdinand

Answer 15

Austrian archduke heir to throne of Austro-Hungarian empire; assassination sparked the outbreak of the Great War

Question 16

militarism

Answer 16

belief that you need a strong military to protect national interests

Question 17

Balkan states

Answer 17

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Question 18

dreadnoughts

Answer 18

super battle ships; bigger and fasters and equipped with guns

Question 19

Western Front

Answer 19

main area for WWI trenches; english channel to Switzerland

Question 20

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 20

German army’s plan for war against France and Russia; created by the German Chief of Staff Alfred von Schlieffen

Question 21

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 21

1919 treaty between the victorious Entente powers and defeated Germany at the end of World War I, which laid the blame for the war on Germany and exacted harsh reparations

Question 22

The 21 demands

Answer 22

January 1915 Japan presented CHinese gov’t w 21 demands; China agreed to most but rejected others

Question 23

Gallipoli

Answer 23

campaign of WWI that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula; Winston Churchill thought an Allied strike on Ottomans would hurt the Germans; naval attack failed so tried a land attack and that failed too

Question 24

mustard gas

Answer 24

poisonous gas used in trench warfare that destroyed body from inside to outside

Question 25

Allied Powers

Answer 25

World war I alliance of Great Britain, Russia, France, Japan, Portugal, Italy