World War I Vocabulary

A policy of glorifying war that caused an arms race in Europe

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Nationalism

Communities of nations that promise to support each other.

• Alliances

• Militarism

• Nationalism

A belief that your nation is the best in the world.

• Nationalism

• Militarism

• Imperialism

A belief that it was justified to use force to control other lands. It led to international competition.

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Militarism

A situation in which neither group involved in battle can win or get an advantage.

• Stalemate

• Nationalism

• Propaganda

An extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury

• Atrocities

• Propaganda

• Trenches

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

• Propaganda

• Fronts

• Mobilize

Systems of defenses used for the majority of the war in Western Europe.

• Trenches

• Nationalism

• Atrocities

Contested region between two militaries.

• Fronts

• Casualty

• Stalemate

Complex process of getting an army into battle.

• Mobilize

• Stalemate

• Trenches