7.3

Question 1

conscription

Answer 1

compulsory enlistment into the armed forces

Question 2

Trench warfare

Answer 2

digging trenches on either side of a battlefield where soldiers lived in shitty conditions and fought from.

Question 3

poison gas

Answer 3

gases like chlorine and mustard gas used to kill opposing soldiers. gas masks were distributed to soldiers but were only effective if used immediately

Question 4

machine guns

Answer 4

guns that could fire a lot of bullets at once, made it difficult to gain territory

Question 5

submarines

Answer 5

ships that went under the water

Question 6

airplanes

Answer 6

couldn’t carry much at this point, but used for observation and “dog fights”

Question 7

tanks

Answer 7

disguised as water tanks and modeled off boats, they were used to protect troops

Question 8

stalemate

Answer 8

a period of war when neither side wins or gains much

Question 9

U-boats

Answer 9

German submarines that attacked ships carrying civilians. The Americans hated these

Question 10

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 10

German telegram offering Mexico assistance with re-gaining US territory if they helped Germany in the war. This was the final straw for the US and caused them to join WWI

Question 11

total war

Answer 11

all of a nation, including domestic people, was devoted to helping the war effort

Question 12

Propaganda

Answer 12

communication meant to influence populations with slanted information

Question 13

global war

Answer 13

war fought around the globe

Question 14

ANZAC

Answer 14

troops of Australian and New Zealander forces. Most fought at Gallipoli

Question 15

Gallipoli

Answer 15

Allies war campaign fought by ANZAC soldiers to gain a peninsula in Turkey. The Allies lost many and failed.

Question 16

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 16

Conference at which the Big Four organized peace and the Treaty of Versailles after WWI.

Question 17

Big Four

Answer 17

Comprised of Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Orlando at the Paris Peace Conference

Question 18

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 18

United States president and member of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference. He called for the fourteen points and the League of Nations, and self-determination for the Central Powers.

Question 19

David Lloyd George

Answer 19

Great Britain leader and member of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference

Question 20

Georges Clemenceau

Answer 20

French political leader and member of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference. He wanted Germany to pay heavy reparations.

Question 21

Vittorio Orlando

Answer 21

Italian political leader and member of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference. He walked out after Italy did not receive the land it was promised for joining the Allies

Question 22

Fourteen Points

Answer 22

Woodrow Wilson’s principles he ushed for at the Paris Peace Conference at the end of WWI.

Question 23

League of Nations

Answer 23

an organization proposed by Woodrow Wilson that would allow nations to discuss conflicts openly and hopefully avoid another world war. The US Senate then refused to join

Question 24

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 24

Treaty that ended WWI and forced Germany to accept fault for the war and pay heavy reparations. The US Senate refused to sign it.

Question 25

self-determination

Answer 25

the right of countries to determine their own future

Question 26

reparations

Answer 26

money paid for damage caused

Question 27

Weimar Republic

Answer 27

The German political party that had agreed to the Treaty of Versailles and thus faced harsh backlash from German people as inflation skyrocketed and conditions worsened for German people as a result of the treaty

Question 28

Lusitania

Answer 28

An ocean liner carrying American civilians that was sunk by German U-boats. This partially contributed to why the US joined WWI

Question 29

All Quiet on the Western Front

Answer 29

A novel and movie released in the late 1920s that accurately depicted the horrors of trench warfare