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WW1
WW1-1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Militarism | Glorification of the military |
| Alliances | Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense. |
| Nationalism | A strong feeling of pride and devotion to one's country |
| Conscription | "the draft," which required all young men to be ready for military or other services |
| Gavrillo Pricip | Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. |
| Archduke Francis Ferdinand | Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. |
| Triple entente | Triple Entente, association between Great Britain, France, and Russia, the nucleus of the Allied Powers in World War I. |
| Triple alliance | Triple Alliance, secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
| Central powers | The Central Powers was one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I. |
| Allied powers | Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States comprise the allied powers. |
| Alfred Von Schlieffen | Graf Alfred von Schlieffen was a German field marshal and strategist who served as chief of the Imperial German General |
| Trench warfare | Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches. |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
| Submarine warfare | Unrestricted submarine warfare occurs when submarines attack merchant ships without warning this type of warfare was highly controversial and deemed a breach of the rules of war. |
| Zimmermann telegram | The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office. |
| Tzar Nicholas II | Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. |
| Convoy | The convoy—a group of merchantmen or troopships traveling together with a naval escort. |
| League of nations | The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. |
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