WW1 Flashcards
what organization was created during the creation of the Treaty of Versailles?
League of nations
German plan to invade France through Belgium
Schlieffen plan
Which country declared war first, starting WW1?
Austria-Hungary
Direct control over another country
colony
WW1 brings several new weapons of war including all of the following;EXCEPT:
fighter jets
increasing a country’s borders through colonies or protectorates
imperialism
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of WW1, which demanded Germany to take the full blame for ww1, pay reparations, and limit Germany’s military.
Treaty of Versailles
international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations. the u.s. never joined
League of Nations
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (later ottoman empire) were a part of this alliance
Triple Alliance
What conference split up Africa song European powers?
Berlin Conference
a stalemate in WW1 resulted in what type of fighting?
trench warfare
what agreement officially ended WW1 with terms that Germany had to agree to?
treaty of Versailles
pre-ww1 how many main alliances did Europe have?
2
WW1 ended with?
a signed armistice
the ethnic group that COMMITTED the act of genocide in the ottoman empire
Turks