World War One Test Flashcards
Nationalism
Deep devotion to ones country
Created a desire for self rule
Imperialism
Colonial conquest
created rivalries between nations for power
Militarism
Created an arm race or a military buildup of forces and weapons
Alliance system
Created a world conflict of a minor incident
Otto Von Bismarck
Had created the alliance system
Black hand
Serbian terrorist group
Gavrilo Princep
Assassin
Propaganda
Info used to influence public opinion
Belligerents
Warring sides
Schliffan plan
German plan to attack France through neutral Belgium
Central powers
Germany Austria hungry and ottoman Turks
Allied powers
Great Britain and France Russia and later the USA
Mobilization
Countries begin preparing for war
Western front
Extended from the North Sea to Switzerland 500 miles between the borders of France and Germany
Eastern front
Extended from the Baltic Sea to the black sea 1000 miles between the borders of Russia Germany and Austria hungry
Trench warfare
Hundreds of miles of parallel trenches between the armies
No man’s land
Areas between the trenches
War attrition
To wear the other side out
Manfred Von Richthofen
“Red Baron” 80 kills
Eddie Richenbacker
Top American Ace - 26 kills
Suicide club
Pilots
U boats
German boats
Germans
Huns
British
Tommy
