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| Question | Answer |
| What is an alliance? | An agreement between nations, often based on mutual defence. |
| What does annex mean? | The seizing of a land from one country by another country. |
| What is an arms race? | A competition between two nations who want to build more military equipment and weapons than the other. |
| What is a colony? | A land that is established and ruled by another country. |
| What was a Dreadnought? | The name given to a type of warship, named after the HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906. Building these ships was a key part of the arms race between Britain and Germany before WW1. |
| What is an Empire? | A group of countries across the world that is ruled by another country. |
| What was the Entente Cordiale? | An agreement between Great Britain and France to remain on good terms and not quarrel over colonies, signed 1904. |
| What is imperialism? | The belief in building a country's power by conquering other countries. |
| What is militarism? | A belief in the importance of a strong and well-prepared army. |
| What is mobilisation? | Placing armies on alert and preparing them for combat. |
| What is nationalism? | A powerful love and loyalty for your own country and all its actions. |
| What is provenance? | Where something comes from- its origin. |
| What is a rebellion? | A violent attack against a government. |
| What is a sphere of interest? | A country or area that another country has power, but not direct authority, over. |
| What is a treaty? | A formal agreement made between states, which can be about anything from trade to ending a war. |
| What is the Triple Alliance? | The military alliance formed between Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy in 1882. |
| What is the Triple Entente? | The agreement reached between Great Britain, France and Russia in 1907. |
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