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World War 1
| Alliance | a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations |
| Imperialialim | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. anizations. |
| Isolationism | a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. |
| Militarism | the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests. |
| Nationalism | identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. |
| Neutrality | the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality. |
| World War 1 | the Great War, the Seminal Catastrophe, and initially in North America as the European War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria. |
| Alliance System | one of the main causes of World War One. was made up of two groups, the Central powers, the second group was the Allied powers |
| Zimmerman System | was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. |
| Freedom of the Seas | the right of merchant ships to move freely on the seas in peace or war without interference except in territorial zones. |
| British Blockade | from 1914 to 1919. Was a prolonged naval operation conducted by the Allied Powers, especially Great Britain, during and after World War I to restrict the maritime supply of goods to the Central Powers, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey. |
| Lusitania | was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany two years later. |
| Sussex Pledge | was a promise made by Germany to the United States in 1916, during World War I before the latter entered the war. |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules (also known as "cruiser rules"). |
| Western Front | The zone of fighting in western Europe in World War I, in which the German army engaged the armies to its west,For most of the war the front line stretched from the Vosges mountains in eastern France through Amiens to Ostend in Belgium |
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