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world war one
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nationalism | loyalty to ones country |
| militarism | belief in a strong army force |
| pacifist | one who opposes war |
| neutrality | the policy of a nation that does not participate in a war between other nations |
| imperialism | extending the rule or authority of an empire |
| socialist | An advocate of socialism |
| allied powers | people, groups, or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose |
| central powers | as opposed to the Allies |
| serbia | republic of southeast Europe on the northern Balkan peninsula |
| reparations | making of amends for wrong or injury done |
| archduke franz ferdinand | a duke an or ruler of ones nation |
| convoys | an armed force, warship, ect |
| league of nations | international organization to promote world peace |
| all quiet on the west front | a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War one |
| jeanette rankin | the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and the first female member of the Congress |
| alliance system | A group of nations or organizations formed to support a common goal |
| ration | to supply or provide |
| kaiser | a German emperor or leader |
| passivism | A pattern or attitude of submissiveness |
| mobilization | assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) |
| henry cabot lodge | an American politician and historian |
| fourteen points | statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson |
| selective service act | All males between the ages of 18 to 25 are required by law to register within 30 days of their 18th birthday |
| isolationism | national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries |
| lusitania | a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915 |
| treaty of versailles | treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans |
| patriotism | devoted love, support, and defense of one's country |
| propaganda | information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation |
| armistice | temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties |
| antiwar | Opposed to war or to a particular war |
| pacifist | a person opposed to war or to violence of any kind |
| ottoman empire | ruled much of the middle and near east beginning in the 15th century |