WW1 test Flashcards
What holiday is November 11
Veterans day
How long was WW1
1914-1918
Second name for WW1
Great War
4 Causes that brought about the war (describe)
1) Militarism (glorification of war) created an “arms race”/ military build-up of forces and weapons
2) Alliance System (military allies) created world conflict out of minor incidents
3) Imperialism (created rivalries between empires for power)
4) Nationalism (desire for self-rule)
Power Keg of Europe
ready to explode (Balkan Peninsula)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke of Austria-Hungary
Black hand
Serbian terrorist group
Gavrilo Princep
Assassin who killed the archduke and his wife
Pan-Slavism
bring independence to the region
How was the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary created a world war
they were given an ultimatum or war
What was the original purpose of the alliance system
balance of power
5 modern weapons used in WW1
machine gun- the most deadly
artillery- launch exploding shells
tanks- break down barned wires and cross trenches
zeppelins- blimps used for reconnaissance
poison gas- “mustard gas”
3 purposes of Propaganda
1) recruitment of men
2) promote patriotism at home/support
3) make the enemy look evil
Western Front
northsea-switzerland
northern front
baltic sea- black sea
3 main reasons usa entered war
1) sinking of Lusitania
2) unrestricted submarine warfare
3) zimmerman telegram
why did russia eventually pull out the war in 1917
socialist democratic party took over in Oct. and promptly pull russia out of ww1
why were the allied powers concerned when russia pulled out the war
germany can now concentrate all its forces on the western front
american impacts on the war
1) boosted morale of the allied powers
2) fresh man troops
3) supplies and equipment
what is bloody stalemate
neither sides won
big 4 countries and leaders
Great Britain- David Lloyd George
France- georges clemenceau
Usa- woodrow wilson
italy- vittorio orlando
purpose of the first five points on wilsons peace plan
ways to prevent future wars
point 6-13 dealt with something called “self determination”
nations should have the right to govern themselves
league of nations and the purpose
prevent future wars, international peace keeping organization
4 results of ww1
1) death toll
2)russians became communists
3) 4 major empires collapsed (russia, ottoman, A.H, germany)
4) usa becomes wowrld power
Central powers
Germany, A.H, ottoman turks
allied powers
russia, france great britain, and later the u.s
turning point of the war
america joins the war
armistice
agreement to stop fighting
mobilization
countries begin preparing for war
belligerent
warring sides
propaganda
info used to influence public opinion
U-boats
submarine “usserwasser boots”
war of attrition
wear the other side out
huns
germans
doughboys
americans
tommys
great britain
frogies
french
spanish flu
spanish influenza (killed millions)
isolationism
stay of out european affairs
suicide club
“pistols” life expectancy was 2 weeks (at the front)
no mans land
area between the trenches
lusitania
british luxury liner that sank
franz ferdinand
archduke of austria-hungary
czar nicholas II
abdicates the thrown in march, family killed in july
(russia)
manfred con richtofen
red baron, greatest ace
vladimir lenin
promised peasants to take them out of the war and land if they support him
king George V
king of England who surrenders
great war
war to end wars
bolshevik revolution
russian revolution
kaiser wilhelm
king of germany who abdicates the thrown
franz joseph
king of austria-hungary
aurthur zimmerman
promised mexico to help them get their land back from the USA if they joined as an ally
eddie rickenbacker
top American ace from columbus ohio (26 kills)
john pershing
in charge if the american expeditionary force
