World War I Vocabulary

Flashcards covering key vocabulary terms related to World War I.

Causality

Relation between an event (cause) & a 2nd event (effect), where the 1st event is responsible for the 2nd.

Nationalism

Strong loyalty to one's country united / strengthened nations, but also led to conflict among nations so close together

Imperialism

Desire to build empires led to increased tensions as European powers competed for territories abroad.

Militarism

High regard for military might; if one nation increases military, others follow suit.

Conscription

Government requires citizens to serve in the military.

Alliances

Agreements among nations to help one another in the event of war.

Triple Alliance

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

Triple Entente

Great Britain, France, and Russia.

South Slavs

Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, & Slovenes made up of.

Mobilization

Gathering & movement of troops.

Trench warfare

Each side dug themselves into the ground (trenches) protected by barbed wire during war.

Stalemate

Neither side can gain advantage over the other.

Total War

Entire societies (not just armies) involved in fighting / War-Effort.

Propaganda

Biased, government-controlled information to control citizens' thinking about the war.

US Enters WWI

April 6, 1917: President Wilson & Congress declare Americas entry into WWI

Blockade

British Navy prevented goods from leaving or entering German ports

Reparations

Payments for War damages.

Genocide

Deliberate killing of an ethnic group.