| A | B |
|---|
| Alsace-Lorraine | Province lost by France to Germany in Franco-Prussia War |
| Serbia and Russia | Both Slavic |
| Balkans | powder keg of Europe |
| Imperialism | divided European nations as they fought for colonies in Africa and Asia |
| Militarism | grew out of social darwinism and Britain/German naval race |
| Alliances | to protect each other- goes back to Bismarck |
| Nationalism | pride in your country- example of Alsace-Lorraine |
| Franz Ferdinand | assassinated - heir to Austro-Hungarian throne |
| Sarajevo, Bosnia | place of assassination |
| Gavrilo Princip | assassin |
| Black Hand | Serbian nationalist group responsible for assassination |
| ultimatum | Austria-Hungary sent this to Serbia |
| mobilize | Russia began to do this and Germany declared war |
| blank check | Germany gave A-H this as a pledge of support |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to avoid a 2 front war by defeating France (western front) |
| neutrality | no side in the war (at first Italy, Germny, US) |
| Belgium | invaded by Germany- Great Britain became an Ally |
| Central Powers | Germany, AH, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria |
| Allies | Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Italy, United States |
| stalemate | deadlock in fighting due to trench warfare |
| no man's land | between opposing trenches |
| Western Front | Germany and France |
| Eastern Front | Germany and Russia |
| Verdun | longest battle |
| Somme | one day 60,000 British killed |
| machine guns, poison gas, zepplins, tanks, planes, uboats | new technology with war |
| colonies | pulled into WWI- troops, labor, supplies |
| conscription | draft |
| total war | all resources into war |
| propaganda | spreading ideas to promote a cause |
| women | too over jobs, grew food, nurses |
| Russian Revolution | bread riots caused collapse of monarchy |
| Lenin | pulled Russia out of WWI |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | Between Germany and Russia |
| impact of Russia withdrawing from WWI | hurt allies |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | practiced by Germany |
| Lusitania | British ship- torpedoed by Germany |
| Zimmermann note | Germany promised Mexico lands if they supported Germany |
| Woodrow Wilson | US president in WWI- entered the war April 1917 |
| 14 points | Wilson's plan for peace- self determination and League of Nations |
| armistice | peace- Nov 11, 1918 |
| reparations | payment for war |
| war guilt clause | Germany forced to accept |
| Versailles | peace treaty with Germany |
| David Lloyd George | British Prime Minister |
| Geroges Clemenceau | The "Tiger" , French leader |
| Woodrow Wilson | US President |
| League of Nations | Wilson's most important point- to prevent another WWI |
| mandates | set up in former German colonies in Africa and the Middle east - given to Great Britain |
| Yugoslavia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia | new nations after Versailles |
| Who did not join the League of Nations | United States |
