Question | Answer |
Triple Alliance | The alliance of Germany the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy prior to World War I. |
Triple Entente | The alliance of France Russia, and great Britain prior to World War I. |
Nationalism | A strong Attachment to one's nation. |
Militarism | A nation's policy of enlisting,training, equipping, and maintaining armed forces ready for war. |
Balance of Power | The situation, especially before World War I, in which the Strong nations of Europe attempted to remain of equal strength militarily and in their alliances. |
Allies | In World War I, Britain, France, and Russia. In World War II, the term was applied to Britain, France, the countries of the British Commonwealth, and after 1941, the USSR |
National Identity | A sense of, and pride in, the character of one's nation. |
War Measures Act | An act of the Canadian Parliament that gave the federal Cabinet emergency powers,especially during wartime. It included the right to suspend habeas corpus. |
Habeas Corpus | Citizens who live in a democracy have protection against unlawful detention. A person who is being detained must be brought into court within twenty-four hours of arrest, where a judge or other official will decide whether the detention is lawful. |
Internment Camps | Government-run camps where people who are considered a threat are detained. |
Sanction | Penalties, such as restricting trade, applied by a group of nations to try to force an offending nation to end aggression of an offensive policy. |
Propaganda | Information usually produced by government presented in such a way as to inspire and spread particular beliefs of opinions. |
Conscription | Compulsory service in the armed forces. |
Conscientious Objector | A person who refuses military service on the grounds of religious or moral opposition to war. |
Armistice | An agreement by warring parties to end hostilities. |
Treaty of Versailles | The treaty that ended World War I. |
Collective Security | The military support and cooperation provided by member states within an international organization to ensure that each will help the other in the event of aggression. |