history new words

Question 1

nationalism

Answer 1

feeling of pride in your country and wanting it to be better than others

Question 2

alliances

Answer 2

agreement in which countries agree to help one another

Question 3

naval/navy

Answer 3

connected with the navy (navy= protects the sea and its trade routes)

Question 4

heir

Answer 4

someone who inherits something in this case, the next person in the royal family to take over as king or emperor

Question 5

assassinated

Answer 5

killed for a political reason

Question 6

propaganda

Answer 6

information that the government wants you to belive

Question 7

conscription

Answer 7

compulsory military service

Question 8

conscientious objectors

Answer 8

those who refuse to serve in the army because they believe its morally wrong

Question 9

court martialled

Answer 9

summonsed to appear in front of a military court

Question 10

censored

Answer 10

deleted information that the government did not want people to know

Question 11

commemorate

Answer 11

to help somebody remember a person or event

Question 12

munitions

Answer 12

military weapons, ammunition {such as bombs and shells}

Question 13

suffragettes

Answer 13

women who used violent methods to achieve the right to vote

Question 14

suffragists

Answer 14

women who campaigned peacefully for the right to vote

Question 15

inferior

Answer 15

not as good or important as another person or thing

Question 16

hunger strikers

Answer 16

refuse to eat as a form of protest

Question 17

blockading

Answer 17

a line of ships preventing people and goods from going in or out

Question 18

armistice

Answer 18

an agreement to stop fighting; a ceasefire

Question 19

reparations

Answer 19

money paid to fix damages caused

Question 20

colonies

Answer 20

areas of land taken over and controlled by a more powerful country