Ch 26 World War I

The area between enemy trenches was called artillery barrage.

What neutral country did Germany violate when attacking France?

The assassination that triggered World War I was in ____, Bosnia.

Set up to try to avoid a two front war.

Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause was:

Empire building and taking over other countries for your own country.

Saps were dug from the ________ toward the enemy's trench.

Prepare military forces for war.

Another name for the Triple Alliance:

In the total war effort, women had to take over the jobs of men who left to serve in the military.

Group of merchant ships protected by war ships.

What event played a huge role in the Great War?

The Big Three leaders were Woodrow Wilson, George Clemenceau, and David Lloyd George.

Final set of demands.

The Big Three countries were France, Great Britain, and United States.

Was the Schlieffen Plan successful?

What country did Germany try to defeat quickly in order to avoid a two front war?

During wartime, military supplies and raw materials that are illegal and can be confiscated by any belligerent

Military draft that required young men be ready for military service.

List of terms for resolving WWI and future was outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson in January 1918.

Agreement to end fighting in a war.

Channeling of a nation's entire resources into the war effort.

People who wanted to make extreme changes were loyalists.

The German government sought an armistice, and the Great War officially ended on November 11, ______.

Promise of unconditional support no matter the cost.

Gavrilo Princip assassinated the Archduke _____.

Large, gas-filled balloons that were first used for reconnaissance and then eventually used to drop bombs.

Disease spread across a large area, country, continent, or entire world.

What year was the British passenger liner, the Lusitania, sunk by a German U-boat?

More than 28.5 million soldiers died and more than 26 million were wounded fighting in the war.

Agreement to join forces and support one another.

Another name for the Triple Entente:

Right of people to choose their own government.

Deadlock in which neither side is able to advance.

From end to end, the trenches were approximately _____ miles long.

The Allies forced this country to sign the Treaty of Versailles and take full blame for the war.

_______ withdrawal from World War 1 meant that Germany needed to fight only on the Western Front.

The Germans tried to convince Canada to attack the United States in 1917.

System in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all is called collective security.

What two events help cause the United States to join the fight in World War 1?

The Russian troops mobilized quicker than ____ expected at the start of WWI.

Policy of supporting neither side in a war.

Triple Alliance and Triple Entente were formed with the intention of keeping the

Machine guns, long range artillery, and poison gas were newly developed weapons that made the Great War so deadly.

The average distance between enemy trenches was approximately _____ yards.

The trenches were dug in a circular pattern.

Some areas of the ______ trenches had electricity and running water.

The "Powder Keg of Europe" was the nickname give to the ____.

Extreme pride in your country.

_____ would eventually join the Triple Entente.

Reparations were payments for war damage.

The 4 MAIN causes of WWI were:

The Germans sank the British ship, Lusitania, killing 1,200 passengers including 128 Americans.

Gavrilo Princip was a member of the ______ terrorist group

Glorification of the military.

Horrible act committed against innocent people.

The influenza pandemic of ______ added to the devastation, killing 20 million people worldwide in the first few months.

Which country was NOT part of the Triple Alliance?

The Schlieffen Plan goal was to get a quick victory in France while Germany was mobilizing.

U-boat was a _______.