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World War One!!
| 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. |
| 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 mans land | are between enemy lines/ armies. |
| contraband and munitions | illegal goods, war materials. |
| bonds | paper notes given by the gov. to those from who borrowed money,promising to pay the money back in a certain length of time. |
| mobilize | to put into action. |
| conscription | draft. |
| sedition | the use of language to stir up rebellion against a gov. |
| armistice | a stop to the fighting. |
| disarmament | the reduction of weapons military supplies and armed forces of gov. |
| reparations | payment 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. |