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nationalism | devotion and loyalty to one's own nation; patriotism. |
trench warfare | a type of combat in which the enemies fight from a system trenches |
Black Hand | any of various secret criminal groups organized in Italy and operating in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing blackmail and violence. |
assassination | to kill suddenly or secretively, esp. a politically prominent person |
reparation | compensation in money, material, labor |
armistice | a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce: World War I ended with the armistice of 1918 |
treaty | a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations. |
Triple Alliance | the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. |
Triple Entente | an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia. It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in russia in 1917. |
Communism | a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. |
Self-determination | determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence |
Propaganda | the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc. |
imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. |
militarism | a strong military spirit or policy |
Lusitania | a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, |
Neutrality | the state of being neutral. for example Italy |
U-boats | a German submarine |
League of Nations | an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946. |