Question | Answer |
Militarism | the principle or policy of maintaining a large military establishment. |
Alliance System | being allied with other people |
Triple Entente vs. Triple Alliance | two international combinations of states that dominated the diplomatic history of Western Europe from 1882 until they came into armed conflict in World War I |
Nationalism | patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts. |
Imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria |
Gavrilo Princip | Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie |
Allied Powers vs. Central Powers | Allied Powers, also called Allies, those nations allied in opposition to the Central Powers |
Trench Warfare | a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other |
Western Front | The Western Front was the main theatre of war during World War I |
No Man's Land | disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies |
Battle of the Marne | The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought from 5–12 September 1914 |
War of Attrition | a military strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel |
Total War | a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded |
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