modern ww1

collective security

the cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each

diktat

a dictated peace

Fourteen Points

a speech by Woodrow Wilson to the US Congress on 8 January 1918 that outlined a plan for the reconstruction of Europe and reformation of the international order after the war. The last point was the creation of the League of Nations

internationalism

the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good

reparations

 payments made by a defeated nation after a war to pay for damages or expenses it caused to another nation. After World War I the Paris Peace Conference imposed reparations upon the Central Powers following their defeat by the Allied and Associate Powers. Each of the defeated powers was required to make payments in either cash or kind.

secret treaties

an international agreement in which the contracting parties have agreed to conceal its existence or at least its substance from other states and the public 

self-determination

the ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed

standing army

a nation’s regular and professional armed force