Chapter 14
Conscription
military draft
Schlieffen Plan
military strategy for Germany to mobilize against France and Russia at the same time
The strip of territory that separated the troops from each other was known as
no-man's land
Mobilization
process of assembling troops and supplies for war
During the war, new roles in the workforce were created for women because
so many men entered the military effort
What did trench warfare cause
stalemate on the Western Front
Initially, the war effort on the Western Front was characterized by
trench warfare that kept both sides in the same positions for four years
Bolshevik Revolution
uprising in 1917 that led to Russia's withdrawal from World War 1
War of Attrition
war based on wearing the other side down with constant attacks and heavy losses
False
A total war was a war that involved all the nations in the world
True
A war of attrition is based on wearing the other side down with constant attacks and heavy losses
True
Both sides used propaganda in World War 1
Leon Trotsky reinstated the
Conscription (Military Draft)
Triple Entente
France, Great Britain, and Russia
Which nations were the first to get involved in the initial conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?
Germany and Russia
Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
False
In trench warfare, soldiers fought by running constantly from one trench to another
Lenin on March 3, 1918, agreed to give up Poland, Ukraine, and other land to Germany
Treaty of Brest-Litovisk
The Bolsheviks were under the leadership of
V.I. Lenin
The Bolsheviks seized the provisional government at
Winter Palace
Serbia angered Austria-Hungary when it
a nationalist assassinated Archduke Ferdinand
Armistice
agreement that brings an end to fighting
Total War
complete mobilization of a nation's resources and people
In total war, governments were able to control
economies and resources within their own countries
Trench Warfare
fighting conducted from a system of ditches protected by barbed wire