WWI Vocabulary

Deep devotion to one’s country, which led to competition and rivalries between Europe’s powers.

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

Policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war.

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

The WWI battlefields that ran along the border of Germany and Russia.

• Eastern Front
• Western Front
• Southern Front
• Northern Front

System of agreements which divided Europe into two competing "teams".

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

This competition for colonies around the globe caused conflict between the powers of Europe

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism
• Nationalism

New technique of fighting that developed because of the new, deadlier weapons utilized during WWI

• Total War
• Great War
• Trench Warfare
• Chemical Warfare

The bloody battlefields of WWI, which were located in Northern France.

• Eastern Front
• Western Front
• Southern Front
• Northern Front

Name given to Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria during WWI.

• Axis Powers
• Allied Powers
• Central Powers
• Super Powers

Name given to Great Britain, France, and Russia during WWI.

• Allies
• Axis Powers
• Central Powers
• Mutant Powers

The devotion of all a countries resources to the war effort.

• Industrial War
• Total War
• Complete War
• Modern War