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May 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment

1. Define and explain the significance:

propaganda: the use of selected bits of information, both true and false, to get people back to their country’s war effort.

war of attrition: a slow wearing-down process in which each side was trying to outlast the other.

contraband: war materials supplied by a neutral nation to a belligerent one.

atrocities: brutal acts against defenseless civilians.

2. Identify and explain the significance:

Central Powers: The Ottoman Empire, which extended from the North Sea to the Middle East.

Allied Powers: Great Britain, France, and Russia, also known as the Allies.

U-boats: underwater boats.

Woodrow Wilson: the US president.

Arthur Zimmermann: a high official in the German foreign ministry.

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