WWI Vocabulary
An extreme pride or love for your country.
What is Nationalism
The event that sparked WWI.
What is assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
This is the continent that WWI was fought on.
What is Europe.
True/False:
Alliances made before WWI led to more peace in Europe.
FALSE! Alliances led to increased tensions in Europe
How many countries are on the North America continent? Name them.
3- United States, Canada and Mexico
What was un-restricted submarine warfare?
A. Germany sinking enemy ships without warning
B. U.S. buidling ships
C. Russia sinking ships without warning
A
The operational plan created by Germany on how they would invade France through neutral Belgium while Russia mobilized?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
3 countries of the Triple Entente?
Great Britain, France, and Russia
The United States President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Which continent is Egypt located in?
a) Asia
b) Africa
c) Europe
d) South America
B. Africa
A system in which smaller countries "team" up with larger countries for protection.
What is an alliance.
The country in which Archduke Francis Ferdinand was from.
What is Austria-Hungary.
3 Countries of the Triple Alliance
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
This kind of combat uses long narrow trenches.
What is trench warfare?
What is the capital of the United States?
a) New York
b) Los Angeles
c) Washington, D.C.
d) Chicago
C. Washington, D.C.
Media that is meant to change your opinion, or make you do something that you may not normally do.
Propaganda
This Ship was sunken by a German U-boat and prompted the US into getting involved into WWI.
What is the Lusitania?
The name given to the alliance of: Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Germany.
What are the Central Powers.
Who was the country to blame for this war?
Germany
Richest man to have ever lived.
Mansa Musa
The Channeling of a nation’s entire resources into the war effort is best defined as what?
What is Total War?
When Germany tried to form an alliance with Mexico via telegram message?
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
_____ was the largest power that bordered Germany on the Eastern Front.
What is Russia?
Woodrow Wilson made this speech in April 1918, giving advice to Europe after WWI.
14 Points
Name two oceans?
Artic
Southern
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
When an enemy tries to wear down their enemy by killing as many of the opposition as possible
What is War of Attrition?
After WWI, this treaty told Germany what to do, and what reparations to pay after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
The name of the Front that was known for its mobility.
What is the Eastern Front?
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
A. Germany asking Mexico to go to war with U.S.
B. France asking Mexico to go to war with Germany
C. Russia leaving the war
A
What is the largest desert in the world?
a) Sahara
b) Gobi
c) Kalahari
d) Arabian