key concepts chapter 3 (ww1)

Question 1

Nationalism

Answer 1

Love for one’s country or people.

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

When a state believes it to be important to have a huge military.

Question 3

Arms race

Answer 3

When two or more people/countries compete to have the most powerful and the most weapons.

Question 4

Modern Imperialism

Answer 4

Colonizing African and Asian countries during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Question 5

Alliance

Answer 5

A ‘promise to be friends’ between countries.

Question 6

Chancellor of Germany

Answer 6

Leader of the German government.

Question 7

Revanchism

Answer 7

A view the French had after losing the war of 1870 - 1871. They wanted revenge on the German Empire.

Question 8

Colony

Answer 8

An area that has been taken over by another country.

Question 9

The Ottoman Empire

Answer 9

A name for Turkey and the other pieces of land that belonged to Turkey between the fourteenth and the twentieth century.

Question 10

Danube monarchy

Answer 10

A name of Austria-Hungary (between 1867 and 1918).

Question 11

Multinational state

Answer 11

A country in which multiple groups of people live together. These groups of people have their own history, culture, language and habits.

Question 12

Naval law (1898)

Answer 12

A law that forced Germany to expand and modernize their warfleet (1898).

Question 13

Weltpolitik

Answer 13

The foreign policy Wilhelm II adopted in 1900. The goal was to give Germany a bigger role by acquiring a big number of colonies.

Question 14

Berlin conference (1884-1885)

Answer 14

A meeting between Western European countries and the United States in which they divided Africa (1884-1885).

Question 15

Central powers

Answer 15

An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire during the first World War.

Question 16

The allies

Answer 16

The countries that worked together against Germany during the first world war.

Question 17

Two-front war

Answer 17

A war in which fighting takes place in two separate fronts.

Question 18

Mobilisation

Answer 18

Preparing for war.

Question 19

Von Schlieffenplan

Answer 19

German military strategy: they wanted to beat France in the West and then take the army to Russia.

Question 20

Battle of the Marne

Answer 20

A battle between the German army and the allies. It resulted in a win for the allies.

Question 21

Trench war

Answer 21

A war in which both parties laid in trenches across from one another.

Question 22

Battle of the Somme

Answer 22

A big battle in which millions of soldiers died. The first tanks were used in this battle but unfortunately it didn’t help the war effort at all.

Question 23

Shellshock

Answer 23

A psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat.

Question 24

RMS Lusitania

Answer 24

A ship that was torpedoed by the Germans. Causing the US to play a role in WWI after all (1915).

Question 25

Isolationism

Answer 25

Foreign policy used by the US to try and stay out of European problems.

Question 26

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Answer 26

The German submarines attacked each and every ship, even those of countries who were not a part of the alliance.

Question 27

Zimmermann Telegram

Answer 27

A secret German telegram asking Mexico to attack the US and the announcement of the unrestricted submarine warfare (1917).

Question 28

Russian communist party

Answer 28

A political party led by Lenin. Their goal was equality for everyone. To them this meant that labourers and farmers would become the most powerful people.

Question 29

October revolution

Answer 29

Revolution in Russia in October 1917. The communists seized power.

Question 30

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 30

Treaty signed by Germany and Russia in 1918.

Question 31

Armistice of Compiègne

Answer 31

An armistice between the Alliance and the Central Powers that ended WWI (November 1918).

Question 32

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 32

The peace treaty signed after WWI (June 1919) by the alliance and Germany.

Question 33

Reparation payments

Answer 33

The money that the Treaty of Versailles ordered Germany to pay to the allied forces.