WWI Vocabulary
An extreme pride or love for your country.
What is Nationalism
The years that WWI took place?
What is 1914-1918?
The name given to the alliance of: Great Britain, France, Russia, and America
What are the Allied Powers or Allies.
This weapon changed the way that WWI was fought. Prior to this creation wars were fought by soldiers charging each other on the battlefield. This weapon was responsible for the most casualties inflicted during World War I.
What is the Machine gun.
The process of calling troops into active service is called?
What is mobilization?
A shortage of military supplies and food during World War I were causes of the ____________________ Revolution.
What is Bolshevik or Russian?
The building up of a strong military to be used for intimidation.
What is militarism.
The operational plan created by Germany on how they would invade France through neutral Belgium while Russia mobilized?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
The name given to the alliance of: Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Germany.
What are the Central Powers.
This armored technological monstrosity allowed soldiers to cross the battlefield.
What is a tank?
The name of the American president during WWI.
Who was Woodrow Wilson
• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)
• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"
• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)
Which leader is being described by these statements?
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
A system in which smaller countries "team" up with larger countries for protection.
What is an alliance.
___________________ started the WWI by declaring war on ________________
What is Austria-Hungary and Serbia
_____ was the largest power that bordered Germany on the Eastern Front.
What is Russia?
Due to the increase in use of chemical warfare, these were invented
What are gas masks?
This was used by both sides to influence citizens on the home front to contribute to the war effort. (posters, advertisements, etc.)
What is propaganda
Stipulations in this agreement required Germany to accept the war guilt clause (blame for the war) and pay the reparations for World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
When a larger country takes over a smaller country by force, usually for natural resources.
What is imperialism.
Which geographic region was referred to as “the powder keg of Europe”?
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
The Western Front was located in which nation of Europe?
What is France.
TWO-PART QUESTION: The type of warfare where soldiers battled each other from long narrow trenches.
The area between the trenches on the Western Front during WWI was called?
What is trench warfare? What is No-Man's Land?
PRIOR to World War I, Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy belonged to which alliance system?
What is the Triple Alliance?
The "Big Four" dominated the Paris Peace Conference where the Treaty of Versailles was created. These Allied nations comprised the "Big Four"
What are the United Kingdom, France, Italy, United States?
The event that sparked WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
When Germany tried to form an alliance with Mexico via telegram message?
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
TWO-PART QUESTION The name of the man and the organization that assassinated the Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip and The Black Hand?
This technological advancement gave a whole new meaning to fighting "in" the sea.
What is the U-boat or submarine.
This was known as the “Sick Man of Europe” before WWI because everyone expected it to collapse soon (it did and became Turkey).
What is the Ottoman Empire?
TWO-PART QUESTION: The President of the United States during World War I was ________________. He created the 14 Points and this organization, the ___________________. The goal of this organization was to prevent future wars.
Who is Woodrow Wilson and League of Nations
The 5 MANIA causes that led to WWI.
What is militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination?
This ship was sunk by a German U-boat and prompted the US into getting involved into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
How did World War I set the stage for World War II?
The harsh penalties imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles made them want to get revenge.