| triple alliance | germany austria italy alliance, italy later left |
| triple entente | great britain, france, and russia alliance, italy and usa later join |
| otto von bismarck | founder of german empire, kaiser wilhem takes control from him |
| militarism | country should have strong military always ready , aggrievously protect country |
| nationalism | extreme price in your nation |
| pan-slavism | advocacy of union of all slavic people |
| kaiser wilhem 11 | kaiser of germany, takes power from otto von bismarck |
| archduke franz ferdinand | heir to austria hungary throne, him and wife sophie assignâtes by Gavinlo Princip (a serbian so austria declare war on serbia) |
| nicholas II | former emporer of all russians |
| schlieffen plan | german plan to attack france first easily then go after russia |
| western front | land between france and belgium where war was fought |
| eastern front | land where fighting between austria and romania against germany, ottomans, bulgaria, and austro hungary happened |
| colonel t.e. lawrence | british archaeologist and played a role in arab revolt against Ottomans |
| wilson’s 14 points | speech proposal by u.s. president woodrow wilson with his ideas and plans for the war |
| league of nations | first worldwide organization to promote peace |
| somme river | river in france, germany won battle with many losses |
| u-boats | naval war submarines in germany. used in “unrestricted submarine warfare” |
| battle of gallipoli | allied ships planned to pass through Dardanelles and capture Constantinople, but they failed and it was the Turks biggest victory |
| battle of Verdun | fought on western front in france. longest battle of WWI. france won |
