1. World War 1 Vocabulary

2. Nationalism The belief that your country deserves more success than others.

3. Militarism The building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries.

4. Alliance An agreement nations make to support and defend each other. The two most important alliances in WW1 were the Allied Powers and the Central Powers

5. Trench Warfare A style of fighting were soldiers crouched down in the trenches for protection and fired their weapons from there. Sometimes they would try to capture the enemy by crossing the land between the trenches.

6. Rations When the government sets limits on some of the goods civilians could have, such as meat.

7. Propaganda Information that is used to shape people’s thinking.

8. Armistice An agreement to stop fighting.

9. Isolationism The belief that your country should stay out of world events.