Vocabulary
A term meaning an intense love for one's country, the desire to see it free from others, and the belief that their country is better than others.
The event that sparked WWI.
What is the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand?
The disease soldiers would get from standing in water too long.
What is trench foot?
The name of the message sent from Germany to Mexico prompting Mexico to attack the U.S..
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
President of the U.S. during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
A type of drawing/cartoon/poster that encourages someone to believe a certain idea.
The country held responsible for the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian prince and his wife.
What is Serbia?
The name of the German warcraft used to carry out searches, night raids, and drop bombs.
What are zeppelins?
What is the Lusitania?
A plan to get most world powers to agree to join together as a team to promote world peace.
What is the League of Nations?
An agreement between two or more groups to protect one another.
What is an alliance?
The country Germany had to invade to reach France.
What is Belgium?
What tool was used by Germany in WWI that is now considered a war crime?
What is poison gas?
-War Gardens
-Rationing food
-Women and African Americans working in factories
Forced payments that must be made by Germany to fund repair efforts across Europe.
What are reparations?
The desire for each country to handle their own problems.
These countries made up the original Allied Powers.
Great Britain, France, Serbia, Belgium, and Russia (USA joined later).
The force that made Germany so feared by other countries (what was their most powerful weapon).
What are submarines (U-Boats)?
The year the US entered WWI.
The document signed in Paris by world leaders (German representatives forced) to end the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A peace agreement to end war.
What is an armistice?
These countries made up the original Central Powers.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Name of the port city that Germany fought three battles in to acquire.
What is Ypres?
One of the first US fighter pilots; credited with taking down 22 German planes.
Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?
This poem was written to represent the soldiers that died in battle during the war.
What is "In Flanders Field"?