| A | B |
|---|
| militarism | the glorification of the military |
| ultimatum | final set of demands |
| mobilize | prepare its military forces for war |
| neutrality | policy of supporting neither side in a war |
| total war | the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort |
| propaganda | the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause |
| atrocity | horrible acts against innocent people |
| armistice | agreement to end fighting |
| reparations | the payments for war damage |
| mandates | territories that were administered by western powers |
| Archduke Francis Ferdinand | heir to the Austrian throne |
| Bismarck | German chancellor |
| Kaiser William II | Militaristic German Kaiser |
| The Schlieffen Plan | German strategy to avoid a two-front war |
| The Treaty of Versailles | Treaty that ended WWI, forced Germany to assume full blame, imposed huge reparations |
| automatic machine gun | mounted gun that fires a rapid, continuous stream of bullets |
| tank | armored vehicle that travels on a track allowing it to cross many kinds of land |
| submarine | underwater ship that can launch torpedoes |
| airplane | one or two seat propeller plane equipped with machine gun |
| poison gas | gases that cause choking, blinding, or severe skin blisters |
