Chapter 24 Vocabulary

a feeling of intense loyalty to one's country or group

• nationalism

• militarism

• autocracy

• balance of power

celebration of military ideals, and a rapid buildup of military power

• nationalism

• militarism

• autocracy

• propaganda

a system in which countries agree to defend each other; encouraged World War I

• alliance system

• balance of power

• militarism

• nationalism

an equality of power among different countries that discourages any group from acting aggressively

• alliance system

• balance of power

• stalemate

• autocracy

a situation in a conflict in which neither side can make progress against the other

• mobilization

• reparation

• stalemate

• dimension

a German submarine that was the first submarine employed in warfare, initially used in WW I

• propaganda

• U-boat

• stalemate

• consume

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to influence opinion

• stalemate

• propaganda

• consent

• dimension

a system of government in which the power to rule is in the hands of a single individual

• autocracy

• nationalism

• militarism

• convoy

a group of ships that escort and protect other ships

• convoy

• U-boat

• stalemate

• ration

German for "emporor"

• kaiser

• pacifist

• socialist

• convoy