World War I

not taking sides

• neutrality

• isolation

• alliance

• imperialism

during WWI, the side of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (and others)

• Triple Entente

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

territory between opposing trenches which resulted in huge # of causalities

• ultimatum

• No Man's Land

• Trench Warfare

• unrestricted submarine warfare

policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war

• nationalism

• trench warfare

• imperialism

• militarism

Serbian nationalist group responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Black Hand

• Black Leg

• Black Arm

• Black Foot

Great Britain, France, Russia, later joined by Italy & the U.S. during WWI

• Allied Powers

• Triple Alliance

• Central Powers

• Triple Entente

a slow-moving, costly style of warfare used during the war that resulted in a stalemate

• militarism

• Schlieffen Plan

• trench warfare

• unrestricted submarine warfare

forcing one to make a choice

• ultimatum

• neutrality

• imperialism

• Black Hand

German submarines that were used effectively during WWI

• Z Boats

• U Boats

• Q Boats

• A Boats

metaphor describing the volatile multi-ethnic Balkan region leading up to WWI

• Zimmerman Telegram

• powder keg

• No Man's Land

• Schlieffen Plan