World War 1 vocabulary

rapid buildup of military to prepare for war

• imperialism

• militarism

• imperialism

• alliances

extreme loyalty and devotion to your country

• militarism

• imperialism

• nationalism

• alliance

war fought from trenches dug into the ground

• dog fights

• trench warfare

• stalemate

• standoff

German submarine

• u-boat

• dreadnought

• zeppelin

not taking sides in a fight

• nationalism

• neutral

• allied

• armistice

an agreement to stop fighting

• trench warfare

• alliance

• armistice

• victory

a deadlock,

happens when both sides are evenly matched and no one can win

• stalemate

• armistice

• militarism

• trench warfare

France, Great Britain, Russia, and eventually the United States

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Ottoman Empire

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

more powerful countries controlling weaker countries

• nationalism

• imperialism

• militarism

• alliances