Battlefield/Weapons
Where did most of the fighting take place during the war?
The "Western Front"
This was a principle of the Monroe Doctrine that Wilson used to keep the US out of war. What term is used to classify a country that intends to stay out of international conflict?
Isolationism
What do we call extreme loyalty and love for one's nation, in a way that discriminates toward other countries?
Nationalism
What were Germany's payments for the damages they caused during the war called?
Reparations
World War I was known as The Great War. When did it begin and end?
1914 - 1918
What did the soldiers on both fronts create to protect themselves from enemy fire and the harsh environment.
Trenches
What did the British set up to keep German ships from going to America.
Blockades
What was the spark or the event that started the first World War?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo.
What was the organization proposed by President Wilson that would preserve peace among the nations, but the US rejected?
The League of Nations.
What word means an agreement to end fighting?
Armistice
This weapon was developed by the British to combat the effects of trench warfare.
Tanks
What is the common term for the German "Unterseeboot?"
U - Boat or submarine
What was the secret message sent by Germany to Mexico, but intercepted by England, and published in America?
The Zimmermann Telegram
What was the official document ending the "Great War?"
The Treaty of Versailles
President Wilson justified U.S. entrance into WWI by stating the world needed to be safe for what?
Democracy
What weapon did the Germans use which attacked soldiers ability to see and to breathe?
Poison or chlorine gas
What was the government act that created a draft registration for young men during the war?
The Selective Service Act
What is the term for building up a country's military, as preparing for war?
Militarism
Germany not only had to give up territory in Europe, but it had to dismantle what?
The military
Governments used this to persuade public opinion of the war: sponsoring speakers, creating posters, producing songs, etc.
Propaganda
What German invention allowed the Central powers to sink Allied ships without warning?
U-boats, also known as submarines
What happened in Russia in 1917 which impacted the focus of Germany's fighting.
The Bolshevik or communist revolution
What is the term used to describe secret agreements for support among nations? GW warned against this.
The Alliance System
What was the name of President Wilson's plan to create a "Peace without Victory" in early 1918?
What was the name of the ocean liner sunk by the German submarine off the coast of Ireland?
The Lusitania
"Dogfights" was the term used for battles between what type of weaponry in the war?
The armistice was signed on Nov 11, 1918. This day later became what holiday in the US?
Veterans Day
Which country provided Austria with alliance allowing them to declare war on Serbia?
Germany
The terms of the document ending World War I set the stage for what event 20 years later?
World War II
To save fuel, the US government instituted this method of creating more hours of natural light. What is this called?
"Daylight Savings Time"