WWI Flashcards

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German Submarines

A

U-Boats

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Area, usually a former colony, to be administered by the government of another nation

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Mandate

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German for emperor

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Kaiser

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What is NOT a reason that the alliance systems caused the WWI to spread?

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France declared war on Germany after Austria-Hungary and Germany declared war on Russia

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Agreement to stop fighting

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Armstice

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Secret society of Serbian nationalists opposed to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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Black hand

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Brutal crimes of war, often said to have been committed against defenseless civilians

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Atrocities

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Defensive alliance of Great Britain, France, and Russia prior to WWI

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Triple Entente

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Ideas, facts, or rumors spread deliberately to further one’s cause or to damage another’s cause

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Propaganda

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Defensive alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy prior to WWI

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Triple alliance

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Refusal to trade with an offending nation

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Embargo

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War materials supplied by a neutral nation to a belligerent

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Contraband

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A final proposition, condition, or demand one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force

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Ultimatum

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Nations involved in a war

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Belligerents

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Condition in which a nation’s forces or resources are organized for war

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Mobilized

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Name given to France, Italy, the UK, and the US at the Paris Peace Conference

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Big Four

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Payment for war damages

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Reparations

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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

A

d.) George’s Clemenceau; Italy

18
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How many people died in WWI?

A

10 million

19
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Germany was desperate by 1917. It devised a plan to drive ______ out of the war by _______.

A

Russia; destabilizing the government by sending Lenin and other communists in to the country

20
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Member of the Black Hand that assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wide Sofie

A

Gavrilo Princip

21
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What effect did the “war guilt clause” have on Germany?

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It made Germans hostile to the new government as they did not believe it

22
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What did France seek from the Treaty of Versailles

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Security for itself through reparations, a buffer state and the demilitarization of Germany

23
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Who did Germany hope to starve out of WWI with an unrestricted submarine campaign?

A

United Kingdom

24
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After the submarine campaign Germany planned a final offensive against…

A

France

25
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Germany’s final offensive failed because ______ joined the war and halted the German offensive

A

United States

26
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Allies:

A

United States
Russia
Britain
France

27
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Central Powers

A

Germany
Bulgaria
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire