WW1 History Flashcards
Armistice
Agreement to end fighting
Atrocity
Horrible acts to civilians
Cheka
Russia secret police
Convoy
Used by Allies to protect supply ships
Dardanelles
Water way connecting Black sea to Mediterranean
Entente
Non- binding agreement
Fourteen Points
List of terms by Pres. Wilson to end WW1
Lusitania
British ship sunk by germany
Mandate
Territories controlled by western powers
Militarism
Glorification of military
Neutrality
Taking neither side in war
Proletariat
Class of factory, railroad, miners, and urban workers
Propaganda
Spreading ideas to make a cause
Reparations
Payments for war damages
Soviet
Councils of workers/soldiers in Russia
stalemate
neither side is able to win
t.e. lawrence
british colonel helped arabs gain freedom by ottomans
total war
channel all resources to war
Triple alliance
germany, italy, austria-hungary
u-boat
greatest impact on war by germany (submarine)
ultimatum
a final demand/request
zepplins
gas filled balloons by germany to drop bombs
1917 event boosted allied morale
us joined
abdication of tsar
food shortages/ defeat in battle
armistice (when)
11 am. nov 11th, 1918
assassination of Franz ferdinand
triggered WW1
Big 3
us, britain, france
bolsheviks
leader, VI Lenin seized control in 1917
countries created after WW1
yugoslavia
effects of nationalism on 1900s Europe
austria feared increased rebellion
first battle of marne
ended germany’s hope for quick victory
how were international tensions raised in early 1900s
competiton for colonies
how were marxist ideas adapted to russian’s conditions
russia didn’t have large urban workers
league of nations
weakened by us not joining
new economic policy of 1921
small businesses could reopen for private profit
Ottoman empire as an ally
joined central powers, controlled russian supply routes
schlieffen plan
germany wanted to avoid war on 2 fronts, failed, russia mobilized quickly
t.e. lawrence
war in middle east
threat to peace in postwar europe
many overlapping claims on territory
treaty of versailles
forced germany to pay for repairs from war
trench warfare
machine guns and artillery made hard to advance
what event triggered the start of the war
assassination of austrian heir
immediate result of russia’s withdrawl from war
germany concentrated on western front
underlying causes of war
MAIN
why colonials wanted to participate on WW1
they wanted civil rights
why did britain join the war
germany invaded belgium
why did russia join the war
austria declared war on russia’s ally serbia
why US entered war
cultural ties with britain
women and war effort
worked in industries
zimmerman note
germany offered mexico US land
