key concepts chapter 3 (ww1) Flashcards
Nationalism
Love for one’s country or people.
Militarism
When a state believes it to be important to have a huge military.
Arms race
When two or more people/countries compete to have the most powerful and the most weapons.
Modern Imperialism
Colonizing African and Asian countries during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Alliance
A ‘promise to be friends’ between countries.
Chancellor of Germany
Leader of the German government.
Revanchism
A view the French had after losing the war of 1870 - 1871. They wanted revenge on the German Empire.
Colony
An area that has been taken over by another country.
The Ottoman Empire
A name for Turkey and the other pieces of land that belonged to Turkey between the fourteenth and the twentieth century.
Danube monarchy
A name of Austria-Hungary (between 1867 and 1918).
Multinational state
A country in which multiple groups of people live together. These groups of people have their own history, culture, language and habits.
Naval law (1898)
A law that forced Germany to expand and modernize their warfleet (1898).
Weltpolitik
The foreign policy Wilhelm II adopted in 1900. The goal was to give Germany a bigger role by acquiring a big number of colonies.
Berlin conference (1884-1885)
A meeting between Western European countries and the United States in which they divided Africa (1884-1885).
Central powers
An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire during the first World War.
The allies
The countries that worked together against Germany during the first world war.
Two-front war
A war in which fighting takes place in two separate fronts.
Mobilisation
Preparing for war.
Von Schlieffenplan
German military strategy: they wanted to beat France in the West and then take the army to Russia.
Battle of the Marne
A battle between the German army and the allies. It resulted in a win for the allies.
Trench war
A war in which both parties laid in trenches across from one another.
Battle of the Somme
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.
Shellshock
A psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat.
RMS Lusitania
A ship that was torpedoed by the Germans. Causing the US to play a role in WWI after all (1915).
