Vocab
German rigid airship that scouted and dropped bombs on London and Paris
What was a Zeppelin?
This country united Germany and created the German Empire.
What was Prussia?
A rapid-firing weapon used in the trenches.
What was the machine gun?
Merchant and cargo ships that travelled in a group
What was a convoy?
American Ace who shot down a lot of German planes
Who was Eddie Rickenbacker?
This branch of the US Armed Forces primarily fought the Germans in Belleau Wood in 1918.
What was the Marine Corps?
German name for a submarine.
What is a U-Boat?
This is the strong buildup of militaries to threaten or intimidate other nations.
What is militarism?
This battle centered around a city in France in 1916.
What was the Battle of Verdun?
British ship sunk in 1915 that had 128 Americans on-board.
What was the Lusitania?
Germany tried to involve this US neighbor into WW1 by promising it Texas and the SW US.
What was Mexico?
Alvin York came from this state.
What was Tennessee?
The name given to the cutting off of supplies to German ports in WW1.
What was a naval blockade?
This was the name of the alliance between France, Britain and Russia.
What was The Triple Entente?
The major naval battle of WW1
What was The Battle of Jutland?
This was the formal name given to the US Army in Europe during WW1.
What was the AEF (American Expeditionary Force)?
This was the name for area between the allied trenches and the german trenches
Who was no-man's land?
This member of the Central Powers is now present-day Turkey
What was the Ottoman Empire?
This was the very flammable gas used in Zeppelins.
What was Hydrogen?
This is the ruling or controlling other peoples or nations through annexation or conquest.
What is imperialism.
This man captured 132 Germans and won the Medal of Honor.
Who was Alvin York?
This man commanded the US Army in Europe during WW1.
Who was General John J. Pershing?
This man and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914.
Who was Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
American who designed the first mass-produced machine gun.
Who was Hiram Maxim?
News or information given to the public to help support the war effort.
What is propaganda?
The Austrian nobleman who was assassinated with his wife in Sarajevo in 1914.
This was the informal name given to British women who went to work farming the fields in England during WW1.
What was the Woman's Army?
Poison Gas was first used by the Germans at this WW1 battlefield
What was the Battle of Ypres?
This was the name of the first tank made by the British.
What was "Little Willie?"
The end date and year of WW1.
What was November 11th, 1918?
Tsar Nicholas II and King George V
Who were Kaiser Wilhelm's first cousins?