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| Question | Answer |
| militarism | he belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
| Alliance system | The alliance system was one of the main causes of World War One.The alliance system was made up of two groups, the Central powers (Germany, Austria- Hungary, Italy(1914), and Turkey).The second group was the Allied powers (Russia, France, Great Britain, and United states). |
| 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 | The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. Also, the belief that a people who share a common language, history, and culture should constitute an independent nation, free of foreign domination. |
| Imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
| Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (760) | his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I |
| Gavrilo Princip | Gavrilo Princip was a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie |
| Allied Powers vs. Central Powers | The Central Powers were Germany, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The Powers known as the Allies in World War I were predominantly: Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy. Italy initially had a treaty with Germany, but recanted and secretly allied with the Allied Powers. |
| Trench Warfare | They would dig down to make ditches to hide in. |
| Western Front | The Western Front was the name applied to the fighting zone in France and Flanders, where the British, French, Belgian and (towards the end of the war) the American armies faced that of Germany. |
| No Man’s Land | No man's land is land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties who leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty. The term was originally used to define a contested territory or a dumping ground for refuse between fiefdoms. |
| Battle of the Marne | The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought from 5–12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army. |
| War of Attration | Attrition warfare is 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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