World War I (World History) Flashcards
Militarism
European nations built large standing armies to demonstrate their strength. They glorified their army’s power and developed plans for rapid mobilization.
Alliances
Formed to keep the peace but caused more conflict.
Triple Alliance
Including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
Goal was to isolate France
Started in 1882
Triple Entente
Included Great Britain, France, and Russia.
Started in 1882
Imperialism
Necessary because of industrialization.
Caused countries to become rivals.
Competing for more natural resources and trade markets in colonies.
Nationalism
Love and devotion to one’s country but not necessarily the leaders.
Unifying people within a country, but also causing countries (G.B., Italy, France, Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary)
Nationalism in the Balkan Region caused it to be known as the “Powder Keg” of Europe (ready to explode)
Franz Ferdinand
Killed in Serbia
Western Front
IN WW1, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central POwers battled each other.
Schlieffen Plan
Germany’s military plan at the outbreak of WW1, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move East to attack Russia.
Trench Warfare
Form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
Eastern Front
In WW1, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The use of submarines to sink, without warning, any ship found in an enemy’s waters (neutral and passenger ships too).
Total war
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort.
Rationing
The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy - often imposed by govts. during wartime, when goods are in short supply.
Propaganda
Information or material spread to advance a cause or damage an opponent’s cause.
