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1. Alliance an agreement between nations to come to the aid of the other
2. Allied Powers an alliance between Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium and the U,S, in 1917 during WWI
3. Armistice a temporary agreement to stop fighting
4. Central Powers an alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey), and Bulgaria during WWI
5. Imperialism a policy by which stronger nations extend their control over weaker nations for economic and/or military gains
6. Lusitania a British luxury ship that was torpedoed in 1915 killing 128 Americans
7. Militarism when a country builds up their military
8. Nationalism extreme patriotism and devotion to one’s own country
9. Neutral when a country or person refuses to takes sides in a war or dispute
10. Noman’s land the area between the enemy lines during WWI-it was full of land mines and barbed wire
11. Pacifist a person against the use of war or violence to settle disputes
12. Poison gas a new weapon used during WWI also known as mustard or chlorine gas
13. Propaganda information designed to influence or sway opinions-posters were used
14. Reparations debts that losing nations must pay to make up for the harm caused during war
15. Stalemate where actions stop during a battle because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give in
16. The “spark” that started the actual fighting in WWI: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
17. Trench warfare a new type of fighting done from protected ditches
18. U-boat German submarine
19. Isolationism a foreign policy of staying out of the affairs of other countries
20. Woodrow Wilson President during WWIhis peace plan was Wilson’s Fourteen Points
21. Zimmermann Telegram a message sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance between the Central Powers and
Mexico if the U.S. declared war on Germany. The Germans also proposed helping Mexico get back Texas, Arizona, and
New Mexico from us. Mexico never received this telegram because it was intercepted by a British spy who gave it to us.
22. Treaty of Versailles This is the peace plan that was used ending WWI. We never signed it because we felt it was too harsh.
It included the League of Nations.
23. Wilson’s Fourteen Points This was President Wilson’s proposed peace plan and it included the League of Nations. Britain and the other allied countries thought Wilson ’s peace plan wasn’t harsh enough so they rejected it.
24. The League of Nations A peacekeeping international organization that was included in both peace plans and the purpose of the League of Nations was to promote world peace.
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25. The Selective Service Act of 1917 did what? Established a military draft (or compulsory military service)
On the test, you will have to identify six countries . Since I am not identifying the six you need to know, you must know
where all of them are. Fill in the Allied and Central Powers on the map below:
Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium and the U,S
Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) and Bulgaria