World War I Vocabulary

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

The policy of unifying the nation.

Competition spreading to gain natural resources.

A rule where you have to join the army at 21 years old.

European countries that shared borders.

The European powers who did not agree with each other.

The European powers entered into a number of agreements to defend each other if one was attacked. 

Different countries coming together to end world hunger.

Countries who shared resources for wealth.

Countries competing to increase their influence over the world & acquire colonies to provide markets & raw materials.

The process of trading and negotiating.

The outbreak of spreading diseases.

Increased trade in one's nation.

Countries coming together and forming alliances.

Having division and tension within the country.

Increased pride in one’s nation; can serve as a unifying force within a country.

A series of disputes and war outbreaks in the year 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

The European powers came together and had a big party in July 1914.

A series of disagreements that only lasted in the month of July.

Germany declaring war on Italy.

Russia, France, Japan, & Italy

Germany, Russia, France, & Great Britain

Great Britain, France, Germany, & Spain

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, & the Ottoman Empire

Great Britain, France, Russia, Japan, & Italy

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, & the Ottoman Empire

Bulgaria, Russia, Italy, & France

Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, & Italy

The deadlocked region along the battlefields of southern Russia.

The deadlocked region along the battlefields of northern France.

The west side of the world in war.

The battlefields in Italy.

A strategy used by the Italians to fight off the Germans.

A plan to end the war for good.

A battle strategy Germany used to attack and defeat France in the west and then rush to east to fight Russia.

A plan that ended WWI.

The battle between Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The battle that ended WWI.

At the Marne River, the Germans took over the country of France.

At the Marne River, the French and British troops created a trench that halted the Germans during their Schlieffen Plan.