| A | B |
| Militarism | Glorifying war and preparing for it |
| Triple Alliance | Military agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | Emperor of Germany |
| Triple Entente | Military agreement among Britain, France, and Russia |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany’s plan for winning the war on two fronts |
| Allies | Great Britain, France, Russia, and other nations who fought on their side |
| Central Powers | Germany, Austria-Hungary, and other nations who fought on their side |
| trench warfare | Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield |
| Western Front | Region of northern France where much fighting took place |
| Eastern Front | Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | Using submarines to sink any ship without warning |
| total war | War in which countries use all their resources for the war |
| rationing | Control of the amounts and kinds of goods people can have |
| propaganda | information designed to persuade |
| armistice | Agreement to stop fighting |
| Woodrow Wilson | President who proposed the Fourteen Points and represented the United States at Versailles |
| Georges Clemenceau | France’s premier and delegate at Versailles |
| Fourteen Points | Plan for a just and lasting peace |
| self-determination | Allowing people to decide for themselves about what kind of government they want |
| Treaty of Versailles | Agreement at the end of World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers |
| League of Nations | International group with the goal of keeping peace among nations |