Honors World History World War I Vocabulary 40

Honors World History �World War I Vocabulary � 40 terms �Part 1 – packet terms 1 – 20 �Part 2 – packet terms 21 - 40

World War I: Vocabulary Part I

Militarism �Glorification of the military �One of the “M. A. I. N. ” causes of WW I.

Alliances �Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense �One of the “M. A. I. N. ” causes of WW I

Imperialism �Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region �One of the “M. A. I. N. ” causes of World War I

�A strong feeling of pride in and devotion Nationalism to one’s country �One of the “M. A. I. N. ” causes of WW I çGoes hand-inhand with imperialism Can be healthy… Can be dangerous…

Triple Alliance definition �An alliance between Germany, Austria. Hungary, and Italy in the late 1800 s. map

Triple Entente �an alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain in the late 1800 s.

Pacifism Opposition to all war

Assassination �To murder by sudden or secret attack usually for impersonal reasons

archduke A sovereign prince A prince of the imperial family of Austria

Archduke Franz Ferdinand �A sovereign prince �A prince of the imperial family of Austria

ultimatum Final set of demands!

mobilize �Prepare military forces for war

Alsace and Lorraine �Provinces on the border of Germany and France �Lost by France to Germany in 1871 �Regained by France after WW I

Neutrality Policy of supporting neither side in a war

Western Front �During WW I, the deadlocked region in northern France where German and Allied armies faced off.

Trench Warfare �a form of combat in which soldiers dug trenches, or deep ditches, to seek protection from enemy fire and to defend their positions.

Stalemate Deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.

Poison Gas �new weapon of war first used in 1915 by Germany followed by the Allies � blinded or choked its victims or caused agonizing burns and blisters �could be fatal � was one of the most dreaded hazards of war.

Flamethrower �Weapon used during WW I �A device that expels from a nozzle a burning stream of liquid or semiliquid fuel under pressure

U-boat �German submarine � Nicknamed from the German word for submarine, Unterseeboot

WW I Vocabulary Part II – terms 21 - 40

zeppelin Definition �Large gas-filled balloon; in 1915, Germans used these to bomb the English coast Image

Total war Channeling of a nation’s entire resources into a war effort

atrocity Horrible act committed against innocent people

contraband During wartime, military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies that may legally be confiscated by any belligerent.

Lusitania �British liner torpedoed by a German submarine in May 1915

Zimmerman Note �A telegram sent to a German official in Mexico prior to U. S. entrance into World War I �Proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico

Conscription �“the draft” �Required all young men to be ready for military or other service

Propaganda �Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

Self-determination Right of people to choose their own form of government

Bolshevik Revolution �aka Russian Revolution �Brought the communists to power and resulted in Russia’s withdrawal from WW I �Led by Lenin who said, “We shall now occupy ourselves in Russia in building up a proletarian socialist state. ”

Communism �Economic and political system in which government owns the means of production and controls economic planning.

Woodrow Wilson Description � 1856 – 1924 �Former Governor of New Jersey � 28 th President of the United States �Proposed the League of Nations after WW I as part of his Fourteen Points Picture

armistice Agreement to end fighting in a war

Treaty of Versailles � 1919 �Treaty ending WW I �Required Germany to pay huge war reparations �Established the League of Nations Ending The Great War AND changing the face of Europe!

Reparation �Payment for war damage, or damage caused by imprisonment

League of Nations �An international body of nations formed after WW I to prevent future wars

Collective Security �System in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all

Pandemic �Spread of a disease across a large area, country, continent, or the entire world. �The human and material costs of “The Great War” were staggering. Millions of soldiers were dead, and even more wounded. The devastation was made even worse in 1918 by a deadly _______ of influenza. In just a few months, the flu killed more than 20 million people worldwide!

Keep reviewing these key terms. There will be two matching vocab quizzes on these terms. The first will cover the first 20 terms with the second assessing those remaining. Plus, these key terms will be featured on the WW I test as well!