history 26.1-26.4 test

nonbinding agreement to follow comon policies

competition for colonies

glorification of the military

French lost this border province in the Franco-Prussian war

Balkans

archduke of Austria who was assassinated

final set of demands

prepare military forces for war

supporting neither side in war

have Germany attack France quickly on the west, then attack slow mobilizing Russia on the east

deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other

• rapid-fire machine gun
• artillery gun
• poison gas
• tanks
• airplanes
• submarines
• zeppelins

large gas-filled balloon

German submarine

groups of merchant ships protected by warships

vital strait connecting Black Sea and Mediterranean

• minorities who lived on Turkish and Russian border
• got deported by Ottoman gov b/c they helped Russian army against Turks

support Arab revolt against Ottomans

channeling of a nation's entire resources into war effort

• "the draft" which required all young men to be ready for military
• Britain last to initiate policy

• military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies
• not suposed to be confiscated blockades

Britain

British boat with American soldiers which the Germans sunk

spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause

horrible acts committed against innocent people

signed by Lenin with Germany to end Russian participation in WWI

• Germany resume unrestricted blockades
• Britain intercepts Zimmerman tellegram about Mexico

a list of Wilson's terms for resolving WWI and future wars

right of people to chose their own form of gov

agreement to end fighting

influenza spread of disease around the world

payments for war damage

people who wanted to make extreme change

• Wilson (America)- humble peace
• George (Britain)- build post-war Britain "fit for heroes"
• Clemenceau (France)- weaken Germany

general association of nations to keep peace

system in which a group of nations act as one to preserve the peace of all

Germany was to take full blame for WWI, pay reparations, limit army size, and give up territory

Germany, Austria, Russia

territories administered by Western powers (European colonies)