mobilization - the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war, conscription - military draft, propaganda - ideas spread to influence public opinion, which can be for or against a cause, armistice - a truce or an agreement to end fighting, treaty of Versailles - peace agreement made in Paris, which will end World War 1, M.A.I.N causes of World War 1 - militarism, alliance, imperialism,nationalism, militarism - the belief that a country should have a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote its interests, alliance - European powers signing agreements to defend each other if a different European power showed aggression, imperialism - system where a powerful nation controls and exploits one or more colonies/countries for their resources, nationalism - identification and pride in one's country, the two sides of the war - allied powers and central powers, allied powers - -Britain, France, Russia, & U.S., Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, & Ottoman Empire, effects of trench warfare - this resulted in the trenched getting bombed by artillery, & soldiers would succumb to trench foot, scabies, typhus, malaria, typhoid fever, etc., effects of new technology - machine guns and tanks lead to a massive rise in wartime casualties, chemical warfare could lead to sickness for the rest of your life if you survived it on the battlefield, & bombing lead to soldiers experiencing "shellshock" (PTSD), Schlieffen plan - Germany's plan to end the war early. quickly defeat France, then turn around and fight Russia, but this "plan" causes Britan to join the war and Britan reinforcement lead to a German halt, 100 day offensive - a series of allied attacks on the Western Front during World War I that forced German forces into retreat and led to the end of the war, & allied powers attacked Germany for 100 days , western front - a line of trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched 400 miles without a break from Switzerland to the North Sea, eastern front - a stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border, Lawrence of Arabia - british officer who urged princes in the Middle East to revolt against the Ottomans, u.s. involvement in ww1 - brings a significant boost to the allied powers morale because there are more weapons and people entering giving hope for winning the war, & joined after the sinking of the Lusitania, German u-boat warfare - refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II, Bolshevik revolution - 1917 uprising in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin which established a communist government and withdrew Russia from World War I, turning points and end of war - Russia leaves the war in March 1918, ottoman empire surrenders in October 1918, leaving Germany to fight alone, allied powers launch 100-day offensive, Paris Peace Conference - The great rulers and countries excluding Germany and Russia met in Versailles to negotiate the repercussions of the war, such leaders included Loyd George (Britain), Woodrow Wilson (America), Cleamancu (France) and Italy. The treaty of Versailles was made but not agreed to be signed and the conference proved unsuccessful., Nazi - shortened form of the German Nazional, or the National Socialist German Workers' Party, a member of such party, Anti-Semitism - hostility to or prejudice against the Jewish people, Appeasement - a diplomatic policy of making political, territorial, or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict, Sanctions - restrictions intended to enforce international law, Isolationism - a policy to stay out of foreign affairs, conflicts, and treaties,

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