World War I Vocabulary

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_______________fascination with the glory of war and building up a nation’s military?

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Militarism

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_________________________– agreements among competing groups of nations to help each other if war broke out

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Alliances

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_________________________– region in southeastern Europe with many competing nationalist groups.

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Balkan Peninsula

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_________________________– the assembly and movement of troops

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Mobilization

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_________________________– an alliance between Britain, France, and Russia

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Triple Entente

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_____________________________– an alliance during WWI consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

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Central Powers

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____________________________– an alliance during WWI consisting of Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States.

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Allied Powers

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_____________________________– soldiers fought in trenches

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Trench warfare

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__________________________– a radical socialist group in Russia, led by Vladimir Lenin, who overthrew the government

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Bolsheviks

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_________________________– a ceasefire in the fighting.

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Armistice