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World War I Vocab
Part One
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Militarism | Policy of building up strong armed forces (military) to prepare for war. |
| alliances | when nations promise to defend and help each other- keep peace |
| imperialism | belief that stronger countries should control weaker countries to build empires; rivalry, mistrust, and anger |
| nationalism | devotion to one's nation and its interest |
| trench warfare | war combat (fighting) in which soldiers are in trenches (ditches) dug into the ground |
| neutral | not taking sides in a conflict |
| propaganda | spreading ideas (information) to help (positive) a cause or hurt (negative) an opposing cause. |
| Allied Powers | Serbia, Great Britain, France, Russia |
| Central Powers | Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman-Empire, Germany |
| Stalemate | situation in a conflict which both sides are evenly matched and can't make progress against one another |
| u-boat | German submarine |
| assassination | willful killing by a sudden, secret, planned attack |