WWI Flashcards
German Submarines
U-Boats
Area, usually a former colony, to be administered by the government of another nation
Mandate
German for emperor
Kaiser
What is NOT a reason that the alliance systems caused the WWI to spread?
France declared war on Germany after Austria-Hungary and Germany declared war on Russia
Agreement to stop fighting
Armstice
Secret society of Serbian nationalists opposed to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Black hand
Brutal crimes of war, often said to have been committed against defenseless civilians
Atrocities
Defensive alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia prior to WWI
Triple Entente
Ideas, facts, or rumors spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage another’s cause
Propaganda
Defensive alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to WWI
Triple alliance
Refusal to trade with an offending nation
Embargo
War materials supplied by a neutral nation to a belligerent
Contraband
A final proposition, condition, or demand one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force
Ultimatum
Nations involved in a war
Belligerents
Condition in which a nation’s forces or resources are organized for war
Mobilized
Name given to France, Italy, the UK, and the US at the Paris Peace Conference
Big Four
Payment for war damages
Reparations
Which leader is NOT paired with the correct country?
a. ) Wikhelm II; Germany
b. ) Woodrow Wilson; United States
c. ) Francis-Joseph; Austria-Hungary
d. ) Georges Clemenceau; Italy
d.) George’s Clemenceau; Italy
How many people died in WWI?
10 million
Germany was desperate by 1917. It devised a plan to drive ______ out of the war by _______.
Russia; destabilizing the government by sending Lenin and other communists in to the country
Member of the Black Hand that assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wide Sofie
Gavrilo Princip
What effect did the “war guilt clause” have on Germany?
It made Germans hostile to the new government as they did not believe it
What did France seek from the Treaty of Versailles
Security for itself through reparations, a buffer state and the demilitarization of Germany
Who did Germany hope to starve out of WWI with an unrestricted submarine campaign?
United Kingdom
After the submarine campaign Germany planned a final offensive against…
France
Germany’s final offensive failed because ______ joined the war and halted the German offensive
United States
Allies:
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Central Powers
Germany
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
