Definitions Flashcards
Define: alliances
Agreements or promises to defend and help another country
Define: militarism
Building up armed forces, getting ready for war.
Define: imperialism
Trying to build up an empire
Define: nationalism
Having pride in your country and being willing to defend it.
Define: The Balkans
The countries in the Balkan Peninsula, to the south and south-east of Hungary, including Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania and Yugoslavia
Define: conscription
Compulsory call up of a nation’s citizens go fight in a war
Define: propoganda
Forms of media used to persuade people to a particular view
Define: Neutral
Not on anyone’s side, eg Belgium
Define: AIF
Australian Imperial Force; an army of volunteer Australian soldiers who would be sent to fight in wars.
Define: ANZAC
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps; a WWI army corps comprised of Australian and New Zealander volunteers who fought in war
Define: Western Front
A battle region from Belgium to the Swiss border where the armies of Germany and the Allies fought
Define: Eastern Front
The region in which battles between Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary took place.
Define: Central powers
Germany and its allies prior to and during the war, including Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
Define: assassination
The murder of a person with political or religious interest, which usually sparks controversy
Define: trench
A connected web of ditches which armies fired from and sometimes lived in.
