World War One Vocabulary

A policy of aggressive military preparedness; the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals

• Militarism

• Alliance System

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

A group of nations and/or people that worked together to attack an enemy nation.

• Militarism

• Alliance System

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

A policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world

• Militarism

• Alliance System

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

A sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations

• Militarism

• Alliance System

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

An international understanding providing for a common course of action

• Entente

• Propaganda

• Front

• Mobilization

Ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause

• Entente

• Propaganda

• Front

• Mobilization

A zone of conflict between armies

• Entente

• Propaganda

• Front

• Mobilization

Organization of a nation's armed forces for active military service in time of war or other national emergency

• Entente

• Propaganda

• Front

• Mobilization

An agreement to stop fighting a war

• Armistice

• Fourteen Points

• Trench Warfare

• Reparations

• U Boats

Statement made in 1918 by US President Wilson saying the Great War was being fought for noble reasons and for post-war peace.

• Armistice

• Fourteen Points

• Treaty of Versailles

• Reparations

• U Boats