World War 1 Vocabulary Choice Board Flashcards
The policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war.
Militarism
Military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years before World War 1 that became Central Powers during the war.
Triple alliance
Military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years before World War 1 that became allies during the war.
Triple Entente
In World War 1, the region of Northern France where the forces of the allies and Central Powers battled each other.
Western Front
Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of World War 1, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move East to attack Russia.
Schlieffen Plan
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
Trench Warfare
In World War 1, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbians battled German, Austria, and Turks.
Eastern Front
A policy that the Germans announced in January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
Total War
A limited portion or allowance of food or goods limitation of use.
Rationing
Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent’s cause.
Propaganda
An agreement to stop fighting.
Armistice
A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.
Fourteen Points
The peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations.
League of Nations
The freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live.
Self-determination
When the war reached a stand still neither side moved forward. d
Stalemate
