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| Glorification of armed strength; exaltation of military virtues and ideals |
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| To organize a nation's resources for combat |
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| Friendly understanding or agreement between nations |
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| Demand that puts forth the final terms offered for a settlement. This word is from the Latin word meaning "final," or "last." Usually, an ultimatum implies that severe consequences will follow if it is rejected. |
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| Warring nation. This word is from the Latin word meaning "waging war." |
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| Ideas, facts, or rumors spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause. In the seventeenth century, Pope Gregory XV created an organization for propagating or spreading, the Christian fath, hence the term propaganda. |
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| Slow wearing-down process in which each side tries to outlast the other. This situation occurs when there is a stalemate, or deadlock, in a contest or war. |
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| War materials supplied to a belligerent nation by a neutral nation. Such war materials could be seized if found by the opposing nation's army or navy. The prefix contra- means "against." |
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| Brutal crime of war. This word is the noun form of the adjective atrocious, which means barbaric, appalling, or horrifying. To make the noun plural, change the y to i , and add es: atrocities. |
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| President Woodrow Wilson's plan based on the Allies' aims to end World War 1. |
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| Agreement to stop fighting until a treaty can be drawn up. |
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| Payment for war damages. This word is derived from the Latin word meaning "repair." |
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| Area to be administered by the government of an advanced nation. The goal of the foreign nation would be to prepare the people of the area for self-government. |
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| Refusal to trade with an offending nation. This policy was one of the penalties that the League of Nation could impose on its members if there was any breach of the agreements. |
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| Armed conflict characterized by the mobilization of all a nation's resources, industry, and population. |
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