Vocabulary
This is a military fight between groups of soldiers, ships, or airplanes during a war.
What is a battle?
Before World War I started, countries were trying to protect themselves by forming these agreements with other countries. In these agreements, countries would promise not to attack each other and to defend each other against other countries.
What are alliances?
This is the position that the United States took when World War I started in 1914.
What is neutral?
This technology was originally invented to keep farm animals from escaping, but during World War I, soldiers used it to keep enemies out of their trenches.
What is barbed wire?
During World War I, soldiers used this new type of warfare, which involved digging deep ditches in the ground and fighting from that position.
What is trench warfare?
This is a citizen who is not serving in the military.
What is a civilian?
This is a policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world. Before World War I, countries in Europe were taking control of territories across the world and becoming more powerful.
What is imperialism?
These countries formed an alliance with Germany during World War I and formed the Central Powers
What are Austria-Hungary and Italy.
This technology was invented only 10 years before the start of World War I. During the war, it was used to gather information about the enemy’s position and drop bombs on enemy trenches.
What are airplanes?
Armistice Day was established to celebrate the end of World War I on November 11. Today we celebrate this holiday on November 11.
This is when someone is chosen for military service. After the Selective Service Act was passed, all men between the ages of 18 and 30 had to register for is.
What is a draft?
This is an intense devotion to the interests of a certain country and a belief that it is better and more important than other countries. Before World War I, it united Germany and divided Austria-Hungary.
What is nationalism?
These countries formed an alliance with Great Britain at the beginning of World War I to form the Allied Powers.
What are France and Russia?
This piece of technology was originally used to transport soldiers, but people eventually realized that it could also be used to shoot large shells. Because of its design and size, this technology is almost indestructible.
What are tanks?
This battle was one of the bloodiest battles of World War I with over 1 million casualties.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
This is a situation in which neither side can win a victory.
What is a stalemate?
This is the aggressive strengthening of armed forces. Before World War I, countries in Europe were spending a lot of money and resources to build the biggest military
What is militarism?
In 1917, this country had a communist revolution and withdrew from the war, leaving the rest of the Allied Powers to fight for themselves.
What is Russia?
This technology was used by the Germans to gather information and attack ships.
What are u-boats?
During World War I, the government created these types of posters to convince people to join the army, work in factories, and buy liberty bonds.
What are propaganda posters?
This vocabulary word means to prepare for war.
What is mobilize?
This event actually started the fighting of World War I.
What was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
The Allied Powers won World War I and blamed this country for the war, forcing them to pay millions of dollars in reparations.
What is Germany?
This piece of technology was originally banned from being used during the war, but both sides still used it to take out enemy troops. Soldiers in the trenches wore masks to protect against its effects.
What was poison gas?
In 1915, the Germans sunk this British ship and killed 128 Americans because they thought it might be carrying war supplies to the Allied Powers.
What is the Lusitania?