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World War I
World War I General Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliance | An agreement to help another country.Cen |
| Central Powers | An alliance of Austria-Hungry, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire. |
| Neutral | Refusing to take sides during a war. |
| Militarism | Belief that a nation needs a large military. / Building up a military. (military- people who fight for their country) |
| Propaganda | Using the media (posters, radio, television) to support an opinion and convince people to believe something. |
| President Woodrow Wilson | President during WWI. He wrote the Fourteen Point peace plan. |
| Treaty of Versailles | The agreement that ended WWI and blamed Germany for the war. This eventually became the cause of WWII. |
| Nationalism | Pride in one's nation (country). |
| Allied Powers | An alliance of Russia, Serbia, England, France and the United States. |
| Trench Warfare | A strategy used during WWI where troops crowded together in the bottom of large ditches and shot with artillery and machine guns at the enemy. |