Term | Definition |
Nationalism | The love for one's country and the belief that your country deserves more success than others. |
militarism | Building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries. |
alliance | an agreement nations make to support and defend each other. |
trench warfare | a type of land warfare where teach side digs long trenches for protection |
Allied Powers | Alliance between Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan; Fought agains the Central Powers. |
Central Powers | An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Fought against the Allied Powers. |
rations | The government set limits on the amount of goods civilians could have. |
propaganda | Information that is used to shape people's thinking |
League of Nations | A group of governments that strive to prevent wars and protect independent nations. |
Lusitania | A large luxury passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine; Over 1000 passengers were killed |
Treaty of Versailles | Treaty between the allies and Germany that ended World War I. |
U boat | The name for German submarines that comes from the German word Unterseeboat. |
armistice | an agreement to stop fighting |
isolationism | the desire to stay out of world events |
Big Four | The leaders from the four major allies: Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States. |
Fourteen Points | President Wilson's goals for an end to World War I and lasting peace. |
France | an Allied Power |
Italy | an Allied Power |
Great Britain | an Allied Power |
the United States | an Allied Power |
Germany | a Central Power |
Austria-Hungary | a Central Power |
the Ottoman Empire | a Central Power |
Bulgaria | a Central Power |
Russia | an Allied Power |