7-4.1 World War I Vocab

The four major causes of World War I: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield

A group of revolutionary communists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who took control of Russia's government in November 1917.

area of Eastern Europe made up of Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Romania and areas down to Greece; Also known as the "powder keg"

A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

A position of not taking sides in a conflict.

A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915; 128 Americans died; The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.

A telegram Germany intended to send to Mexico; saying that if Mexico can keep the US out of the Great War then Germany would help Mexico regain its territories taken from the US like New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

A policy in which Germany's U Boats would sink any ship in the British waters without warning.

temporary peace agreement to end fighting

Treaty in which Russia lost substantial territory to the Germans; This ended Russian participation in the war (1918).

Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914; His murder was one of the causes of WWI.

Czar of Russia (1894-1917); He was overthrown during the Russian Revolution of 1917. Later, he and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks.

A sense of identification with a collective cultural group, largely based on the group's common heritage.