Name:____________________________________
WWI Vocabulary
DEFINITION
1. Militarism –
a policy of glorifying
military power & keeping
a standing army always
prepared for war
2. Conscription –
forced to join the army
3. Armistice – an agreement
to stop fighting
4. Allianceagreements between
peoples or countries
5. Allied Powers –
in World War I, the
nations of Britain, France
and Russia along with
other nations which
fought on their side
DEFINITION IN YOUR OWN WORDS
PICTURE REPRESENTATION
6. Central Powers –
in WWI, the nations of
Germany and AustriaHungary along with other
nations which fought on
their side
7. Neutral –
not aligned with or
supporting a side in a war
8. Trench –
a ditch banked with its
own soil and used for
concealment and
protection in war
9. Autocrat –
a ruler with unlimited
power who uses it in a
random manner
10. Soviet –
one of the local
representative councils
formed in Russia after the
downfall of Czar Nicholas
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