WW1 Flashcards
Militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Ultimatum
Final set of demands
Mobilize
Prepare military forces for war
Neutrality
Policy of supporting neither side in a war
Entente
Non-binding agreement to follow common policies
Alsace and Lorraine
Provinces on the border of Germany and France lost by France to Germany in 1871; regained by France after World War I
Stalemate
Deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
Zeppelin
Large gas filled balloon
U-boat
German submarine
Convoy
Group of merchant ships protected by warships
Dardanelles
Vital strait connecting the black sea and the Mediterranean sea in present-day Turkey
Total war
Channeling of a nations entire resources into a war effort
Propaganda
Spreading of ideas to promote a cause or to damage an opposing cause
Atrocities
Horrible act committed against innocent people
Armistice
Agreement to end fighting in a war
Conscription
“the draft,” which required all young men to be ready for military or other service
Fourteen Points
List of terms for resolving World War I and future war outline by American president Woodrow Wilson in January 1918
Self-determination
Right of people to choose their own form of government
Contraband
During wartime, military supplies and raw materials needed to make military supplies that may legally be confiscated by any belligerent
Reparations
Payment for war damage or damage caused by imprisonment
Mandate
After World War I a territory administered by a western power
Pandemic
Spread of disease across a large area, country, continent or the entire world
Radicals
Those who favor extreme changes
Collective security
System in which a group of nations act as one to preserve the peace of all
