Definitions
Long, narrow ditches dug into the ground to provide cover and protection for soldiers
What are trenches?
Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, United States, and several other nations
Who were the Allies?
Group of people who took over jobs, volunteered, and were highly respected for their role in WWI
Who are women?
German submarines
What are U-boats?
British passenger ship that was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat
What is to punish Germany for their role in WWI?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Who were the Central Powers?
What are Doughboys?
Poisonous gas used in WWI that a gas mask could not protect the soldiers from its effects
What is mustard gas?
The line of trenches between Belgium and France where fighting occurred during WWI
What is the Western Front?
What is propaganda?
This was sent to Mexico by Germany telling them that if the U.S. entered WWI with the Allies that Germany would give Mexico back Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if they would fight with the Central Powers
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Head of the Communist Party who signed a peace treaty with Germany
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
The Allies introduced this weapon during WWI
What are tanks?
Land between the two frontline trenches filled with lots of barbed wire and where many people died
What is No Man's Land?
The official U.S. holiday remembering the end of WWI
What is Armistice Day?
Great Britain, France, Russia
Who were the Triple Entente?
Commander of the Allied Forces
Who is Ferdinand Foch?
Large blimps used by the Germans to drop bombs
What were zeppelins?
Longest battle of WWI
What was the Battle of Verdun?
Thinking your nation is the best one
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Who were the Triple Alliance?
Name of the person who assassinated Archduke Ferdinand and started WWI
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
Weapon that killed the majority of soldiers during WWI
What is artillery?
Largest sea battle of WWI
What was the Battle of Jutland?