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WW1 AA
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nationalism | A feeling of pride in you nation or ethnic (culture) and extreme loyalty to that group. |
| Imperialism | Spreading the political or economic control of one country over another. |
| Militarism | The idea that a nation will use its armed forces to threaten and acquire power over other nations or people; a policy of aggressive military preparedness. |
| Alliance | An agreement of friendship to protect one another. |
| Casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| Neutrality | not taking sides |
| Pacifist | a person who is opposed to war, and refuses to fight under any circumstances |
| Trench Warfare | A system of fighting a war from ditches dug to slow down the enemy and protect the infantry soldiers from enemy fire. |
| Huns | Slang term for Germans during WWI to imply they were savage and uncivilized. |
| No Man’s Land | Are between enemy lines/ armies |
| Contraband & Munitions | illegal goods; war materials |
| Bonds | Sedition |
| Mobilize | to put into action |
| Conscription | draft (mandatory service) |
| Sedition | the use of language to stir up rebellion against a gov’t |
| Armistice | a stop to the fighting |
| Disarmament | the reduction of weapons, military supplies, and armed forces of a gov’t |
| Reparations | payments required from a defeated nation for the damages and injuries it caused during a war |
| Isolationism | a policy of avoiding alliances and other types of involvements in affairs of other nations |