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World War 1 (Vocabulary (Militarism (A build up of military strength.),…
World War 1
Vocabulary 
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Imperalism
The actions used by one country to exercise political, economic, or military control over smaller or weaker countries.
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Communism
A polticial theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publically owned and each person works and is paid according their abilities and needs.
Allied Powers
Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium & the U.S. in 1917
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League of Nations
An international organization established after World War I under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
Reparations
The making of amends fro a wrong one has done, by paying money to or other wise helping those who have been wronged.
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Convoy
A group of ships or vehicles traveling together, typically accompanied by protection.
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Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria
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War Technology
Biplanes
An early type of aircraft with two pairs of wings, one above the other.
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Barbed Wire
Wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes set st intervals along it, used to make fences or in warfare as an obstruction.
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Zeppelins
A large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century, long and cylindrical in shape and with a rigid framework. Zeppelin were used during World War I for reconnaissance and bombing, and after the war as passenger transports until the 1930s.
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Gas Warfare
Warfare in which poisonous, asphyxiating, and corrosive gases are used as weapons.
Battleships
A heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns.
Trenches/trench lines
A type of excavation or depression in the ground that in generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared to its length (as opposed to a simple hole).
U-boats
Nickname for submarines, from the German word unterseeboat
Events
Lusitania
A British passenger liner that was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915; 1,198 died including 128 Americans
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties the brought World War I to an end. The treaty ended the state of wat between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June 28 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
11-11-11 (End of War)
Armistice day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning- the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union. The Russian Revolution was from March 8, 1917 to November 7, 1917 with the combatants Russian Empire and The Russian Provisional Government.
Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan was the German Army's plan for war against France and Russia. It was created by the German Chief of Staff Alfred von Schlieffen in 1903 the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was revised in 1905
Zimmerman Telegraph
A secret, encoded message sent by Germany to Mexico, promising an alliance if the U.S. entered WWI
People
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Born in Staunton, Virginia, he spent his early years in Augusta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina.
John Pershing
General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer, most famous as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in World War I, 1917-18
Doughboys
Wartime ear portrait of a typical American doughboy, circa 1918. Doughboy was an informal term fro a member of the United States Army or Marine Corps, especially used to refer to members of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, but initially used in the Mexican-American War of 1846-48
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanob, better known by the alias Lenin, was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
Red Baron
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, also widely known as the red baron was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during the First World War.
Battles
Battle of Ypres
The First Battle of Ypres was a battle of the First World War, fought on the western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium during October and November 1914.
October 19,1914 - November 30, 1914
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Battle of Tannenburg
The Battle of Tannenberg was fought between Russia and Germany from 26-30 August 1914, during the first mmonth of World War I.
August 26, 1914 - August 30, 1914
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Battle of the Somme
The battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by armies of the British and french empires against the German Emppire.
July 1,1916 - November 18, 1916
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Battle of Verdun
The battle of Verdun, fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916, was one of the largest and longest battles of the First World War on the Western Front between the German and French armies.
February 21, 1916 - December 18, 1916
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Battle of the Marne
The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought from 7-12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army
September 5, 1914 - September 12, 1914
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