1. World War I Vocabulary

2. Triple Entente
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years proceeding World War I

3. Triple Alliance
A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years proceeding World War I

4. Mobilization
the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war

5. The Allies
The nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that fought on their side.

6. The Central Powers
The nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side.

7. Militarism
A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war.

8. Propaganda
Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent’s cause

9. Total War
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort

10. Chancellor
the leader of the government or the main government minister of some countries
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg

11. Trench Warfare
a method of fighting in which soldiers from opposing armies are in trenches facing each other

12. Western Front
The region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other

13. Eastern Front
The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks