10028357394 | entente | a nonbinding agreement to follow common policies | ![]() | 0 |
10028357395 | militarism | glorification of the military | ![]() | 1 |
10028357396 | Alsace and Lorraine | provinces on the border of Germany and France, lost by France to Germany in 1871; regained by France after WWI | ![]() | 2 |
10028357397 | ultimatum | a final set of demands | ![]() | 3 |
10028357398 | mobilize | to prepare military forces for war | ![]() | 4 |
10028357399 | neutrality | supporting neither side in a war | 5 | |
10028357400 | stalemate | a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other | ![]() | 6 |
10028357401 | zeppelin | a large, gas-filled balloon | ![]() | 7 |
10028357402 | U-boat | a German submarine | ![]() | 8 |
10028357403 | convoy | a group of merchant ships protected by warships | ![]() | 9 |
10028357404 | Dardanelles | a vital strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea | 10 | |
10028357405 | T. E. Lawrence | British colonel sent to support the Arab revolt | ![]() | 11 |
10028357406 | total war | channeling all of a nation's resources into a war effort | 12 | |
10028357407 | conscription | "the draft," which required all young men to be ready for military or other service | ![]() | 13 |
10028357408 | contraband | during wartime, military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies that may legally be confiscated by any belligerent | ![]() | 14 |
10028357409 | Lusitania | a British liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in May 1915 | ![]() | 15 |
10028357410 | propaganda | spreading ideas to promote or damage a cause | ![]() | 16 |
10028357411 | atrocity | a horrible act committed against innocent people | ![]() | 17 |
10028357412 | armistice | an agreement to end fighting | ![]() | 18 |
10028357413 | Fourteen Points | U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars | 19 | |
10028357414 | self-determination | the right of people to choose their own form of government | ![]() | 20 |
10028357415 | pandemic | a disease spread across a large area, country, continent, or the entire world | ![]() | 21 |
10028357416 | reparations | payments for war damage | ![]() | 22 |
10028357417 | radicals | people who want to make extreme changes | 23 | |
10028357418 | collective security | a system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all | ![]() | 24 |
10028357419 | mandate | a territory administered by Western powers | ![]() | 25 |
World History Chapter 14 Flashcards
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