| Term | Definition |
|---|
| MAIN causes of WWI | militarism, attitudes/alliances/assassination, imperialism, nationalism |
| dreadnought | heavy artillery ships that dominated the 20th century structure of battleships. propelled by steam turbines, a prime example of results and benefits of industrialization. great britain was the first to make them/use them. |
| Sarajevo | location of the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Gavrilo Princip | assassinated Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo. Was a part of an extremist Serbian nationalist called the Black Hand |
| stalemate | continuous combat without significant gain of territory on either side |
| total war | war fought without regards to laws pertaining to humane treatment and combat laws |
| mobilization | the organization and encouragement of troops in preparation of war |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's plan to sack France, and then attack Russia before they had a chance to mobilize their troops |
| unrestricted submarine warfare | german underwater boats began sinking all ships off the coast of england without any rules as to who they would sink. hundreds of innocent civilians died because their ships were sunk. |
| propaganda | advertisement used during warfare to manipulate and sway the public into supporting the country or to inspire feelings against the enemy |
| trench warfare | warfare in which enemies fight and take shelter in trenches facing each other. there are 5 types of these trenches; front-line, support trench (to assist and supply front line), reserve trench (backs up support), recreation trenches, and communication trenches connecting all trenches. armies generally rotated on a 3-4 week schedule |
| No Man's land | the territory between opposing trenches which is occupied by neither side. Often filled with barbed wire to slow the enemy from advancing, but generally a barren wasteland |
| Verdun | battle between france and germany that the french won, inspiring great support and patriotism and hope in the french. Equivalent to the battle of gettysburg |
| Battle of the Somme | a battle created to draw attention away from verdun which resulted in one of the longest and bloodiest battles in world war I. over 1.5 million casualties |
| Gallipolli | a battle between allied forces and turkey, a holy war for the turks. the turks fended off the allies, who failed due to inadequate intelligence, insufficient attention to the terrain, an underestimation of the enemy's strength |
| Armenians | largely persecuted and executed in the first genocide of the 20th century. leaders were rounded up first, and were targeted because they were well-off and educated. scapegoated for all problems in turkey |
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