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WorldWar1MCC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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: | paper notes given by the gov’t to those from who it borrowed $, promising to pay the $ back in a certain length of time. |
| Mobilize: | to put into action |
| Conscription: |
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