Chapter 16 Review Flashcards
Entente
Non-abiding agreement to follow common policies.
Militarism
Glorification of the military.
Ultimatum
Final set of demands
Mobilize
Preparing Military forces for war
Neutrality
Policy of supporting neither side in a war.
Stalemate
Deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.
Zeppelins
A type of rigged airship used to drop bombs.
Convoys
A group of merchant ships protected by warships
Total War
The channeling of a nation’s entire resources into a war effort.
Conscription
“The Draft”
Propaganda
The spread of ideas to promote a cause other than to damage an opposing cause.
Aristocracy
Class of person’s holding exceptional rank and nobility.
Self-determination
Right if the people to choose their own form of government
Armistice
An agreement to end fighting in the war.
Pandemic
When a disease spreads all across the known world.