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Vocabulary
Those Involved
Major Events
Key Leaders
Grab Bag
100
A German submarine.
U-boat
100
British, France, and Russia.
Triple Entente
100
The country that was responsible for the shooting of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
Serbia
100
He became the head of the Communist Party and signed a peace treaty with Germany.
Vladimir Lenin
100

Pick the true statement:

A) Russia fought under the leadership of its czar, Nicholas II, throughout the war.

B) Russia was changing politically throughout the war.

B) Russia was changing politically throughout the war.

200
Define 'offensive.'
An attack.
200
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy.
Triple Alliance
200
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a torpedo from a German U-boat.
Lusitania
200
Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force?
General John J. Pershing
200
A line of trenches between Belgium and Switzerland where fighting occurred between the Germans and the Allies during World War I.
Western front
300
Disloyalty towards one's country, especially betrayal by plotting against it or adding enemies of it.
Treason
300
What Germany and Austria-Hungary called themselves when World War I began. Later joined by the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
Central Powers
300
Which battle was fought in the North Sea off the coast Denmark and lasted less than thirty minutes?
The Battle of Jutland
300
He led the Food Administration.
Herbert Hoover
300
The Russians attacked the Central powers along the boarder of Germany and Austria-Hungary on this front.
Eastern Front
400
Define 'nationalism.'
Strong patriotic feelings for one's own country.
400
Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, and others.
Allies
400

After this battle the Germans realized they could not use the Schlieffen Plan.

Battle of the Marne

400

This man sent a telegram to Mexico urging Mexico to fight against the United States if the United States entered the war on the side of the Allies.

Arthur Zimmermann (Germany's foreign minister)

400

America did not have a large trained army in 1917, so the government used a draft system for the first time since _______.

The Civil War
500
Used by German U-boats to attack ships that came into a war zone, even if they were not warships.
Torpedo
500
What independent country did the Serbs think should belong to them but became a part of Austria-Hungary instead?
Bosnia
500
When did the fighting officially end?
November 11, 1918
500
What was Marshal Ferdinand Foch's job?
He was the commander of the Allied troops.
500

The Fuel Administration and Food Administration urged the American people to conserve using these four "-less" days once a week.

meatless, wheatless, sweetless, and gasless