WH ww1 vocab test

Question 1

Alliances

Answer 1

a formal agreement between two or more countries to mutually support each other in the event of war

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

the desire that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.

Question 3

mobilization

Answer 3

the process of organizing a nation’s resources and military forces to prepare for a national emergency or war

Question 4

Casualty

Answer 4

a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action

Question 5

Armistice

Answer 5

an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

Question 6

Treaty

Answer 6

• a formally concluded and ratified (approved) agreement between countries.

Question 7

Stalemate

Answer 7

a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.

Question 8

Central powers

Answer 8

(tripple allience) Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, The ottoman empire,

Question 9

Allied Powers

Answer 9

(triple entente) Russia, Great britain, France