MilitarismThe policy of glorifying military power & keeping large standing armies that are prepared for war.

AllianceAn agreement between two or more nations for a common goal.

WWI AlliancesAlliesGreat Britain, France and Russia(joined by the Italy, U.S. and Japan)Central PowersGerman, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

NationalismThe belief that people should be loyal to their nation.

The “powder keg” of Europe The Balkans – south eastern Europe

The Spark• Austrian

Archduke, Franz Ferdinand, assassinated in Sarajevo• Killed by Serbian

nationalist, Gavrilo Princip

Schlieffen PlanGerman military plan in WWI, to attack France via Belgium, rapidly defeat France & then move east to attack Russia.

Trench WarfareA form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.• The land between the trenches is called “no-

man’s land”

Example: the Western Front WWI

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

The use of submarines to sink, without warning, any ship found in enemy waters.

Example: sinking of the Lusitania

Total WarA conflict in which a nation devotes all of its resources to the war effort.

PropagandaOne sided information designed to persuade people.

RationingLimiting the amount of goods people can buy – often imposed by governments during wartime.

ArmisticeAn agreement to stop fighting.