Warm-Up: Tuesday,
th
October 26
List the Central Powers, Allied
Powers, and the Neutral countries
from the map we colored on Friday.
World War I
Vocabulary
Unit 7
Alliance
• A union to promote a common interest
Democracy
• Government in which supreme power is held
by the people
Convoy
• A group of ships traveling together for
protection
Contraband
• Goods legally prohibited in trade; smuggled
goods
imperialism
• Establishing political or economical control
over other countries
Nationalism
• Devotion to national interests, unity, and
independence
Mire
• Swampy ground that is
soft, deep mud
Progressivism
• Belief in moderate political change and social
improvement by government actions
Propaganda
• The spreading of ideas or information to
further or damage a cause
Allies
• The group of nations consisting of Britain,
France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, and other
smaller nations
Central Powers
• The group of nations consisting of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey
Trench
• A long narrow cut in the ground used to
shelter soldiers
socialism
• A social system based on government
ownership and administration of the means of
production and distribution of goods
neutrality
• Taking neither side in a conflict
U-Boats
• German submarines
conscription
• Military Draft
• A way of choosing soldiers by pulling names
out of a box and putting those soldiers into
military
Rationing
• Controlled distribution
of scarce resources,
goods, and services
• Controls size, amount,
day and time
Propaganda!!
Total War
• War limitless in size
• Limitless in the mobilization of all available
resources and troops
Armistice
• Situation in a war where
the parties agree to
stop fighting
• Not necessarily the end
of war
• Usually just a cessation
while peace is made
Self-Determination
• Nations have the right to freely decide on
their sovereignty and political status without
interference
Unrestricted submarine
warfare
• An approach where submarines sink merchant
ships without warning