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Vocabulary
The Start of the War
New Weapons
America and the War
The End of the War
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A buildup of military strength within a country.
What is militarism?
100
An assassinated archduke, who's assassination started the war.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
A weapon first used by Germany and blocked by masks.
What is poison gas?
100
German U-boats, or submarines, sunk U.S. ships and/or ships with U.S. citizens on them and the Zimmerman Telegram. Answer=(Why did ___?)
Why did America join the war?
100
A battle fought in a forest where American troops fought for nearly 7 weeks into Germany.
What is the Battle of the Argonne Forest?
200
A system that prevents any one country from dominating others.
What is a balance of power?
200
Austria-Hungary's demands to Serbia.
What is territory, independence, and opposition?
200
A weapon improved to shoot more accurately.
What is a rifle?
200
The British and French ships with U.S. citizens on them that were sunk by German U-boats.
What is the Lusitania and the Sussex?
200
Germany did not like fighting in their own land. Answer=(Why did ___?)
Why did Germany ask for an armistice?
300
A form of government where the country is ruled by one person with unlimited power.
What is autocracy?
300
The country attacked to bring Great Britain into the war.
What is Belgium?
300
A weapon improved to shoot larger shell at longer distance.
What is a cannon?
300
A telegram sent to Mexico offering to help take back New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
300
The only Germans President Wilson would deal with.
Who are civilian leaders?
400
A temporary peace agreement to end fighting.
What is an armistice?
400
The exact date of the beginning of the war.
When is July 28, 1914?
400
A weapon first used for observation, then attack.
What is an airplane?
400
The nickname given to young American soldiers in World War I.
What are "doughboys"?
400
The countries that Germany had to pull troops out of.
What are Belgium and France?
500
An understanding among nations.
What is an entente?
500
Battle that stopped the German advance into France.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
500
A weapon for advancing against bullets, ect. without harm and firing at the enemy.
What is an armored tank?
500
The first American soldiers over in Europe for World War I.
What is the American Expeditionary Force?
500
The exact date when the armistice begin.
When was November 11, 1918?