WWI Vocabulary

unable to read or write

• illiterate

• immigrant

• impeach

the military alliance of France, Britain, Russia, Italy, and many other nations during World War I

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

the military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire during World War I

• Allied powers

• Central Powers

the spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause...

• prohibition

• telegram

• propaganda

not taking sides in a conflict

• neutral

• expansionism

• militarism

• alone

war combat in which soldiers are located in trenches dug into the ground

• Trench Warfare

• No Man`s Land

• Battle

the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war

• Isolationism

• Militarism

• Nationalism

a feeling of excessive pride in one's nation

• nativist

• nationalism

• expansionism

• isolationism

a type of submarine used by Germany in World War I

• U-boats

• Underground Railroad

• ship

• submarine

an area where a nation had special trading privileges

• colony

• Sphere of Influence

• protectorate