WWI Vocabulary Review

When a big, strong country extends its military, economic, and political control over a smaller, weaker country

Bonds that are formed so that in the event that one nation attacks, its allies will attack back

The building up of one country's military in order to use it to solve their international problems

Belief that a nation should stay out of other nations' affairs except in self-defense

Opinions expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others

Great Britain, France, Belgium, Serbia, Russia, Italy, and eventually the United States were called ___

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire were called ___

The isolation by a warring nation of an enemy area by troops or warships to prevent passage of supplies or people

A group of people selected for military service without their consent

A strong, large nation that controls territories outside of its borders

Refusing to take sides in a war

A person who is strongly and actively opposed to conflict, especially war

Compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to another nation during a war

Independence; to be free of outside control

Troops huddled at the bottom of trenches (ditches) and fired artillery and machine guns at each other

To enlist as a member of the armed service

Another name for World War I

A totalitarian system of government (total control) where a single political party (communists) controls both government and all businesses