World War 1

Question 1

Militarism

Answer 1

the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war

Question 2

Alliance

Answer 2

agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

Question 3

Nationalism

Answer 3

excessive pride in one’s own nation

Question 4

Imperialism

Answer 4

policy of powerful countries seeking to control the affairs of weaker countries or regions.

Question 5

Archduke Ferdinand

Answer 5

heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated in June 1914

Question 6

Allied Powers

Answer 6

military alliance of France, Britain, Italy, Russia and 20 other nations during WWI

Question 7

Central Powers

Answer 7

military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire during WWI

Question 8

Stalemate

Answer 8

a deadlock in which neither side can score a clear victory in battle

Question 9

Propaganda

Answer 9

spreading of information – often biased or misleading – to promote a point of view

Question 10

U Boats

Answer 10

German submarines

Question 11

Trench warfare

Answer 11

soldiers firing on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches.

Question 12

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 12

28th president of the U.S. from 1913-1921

Question 13

Unrestricted submarine warfare

Answer 13

type of naval warfare in which submarines attack the enemy’s merchant ships without warning

Question 14

Lusitania

Answer 14

British passenger ship that was torpedoed by German U-boat in 1915 (example of unrestricted submarine warfare)

Question 15

Zimmermann Telegram

Answer 15

a note from German government to Mexico in 1917 urging Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany

Question 16

Selective Service Act (draft

Answer 16

law passed by Congress in 1917 requiring all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft (requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military)

Question 17

armistice

Answer 17

an agreement to stop fighting

Question 18

Fourteen Points

Answer 18

President Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I

Question 19

League of Nations

Answer 19

organization of nations formed after WWI with the goal of keeping peace in the future

Question 20

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 20

peace treaty that officially brought an end to World War I

Question 21

Reparations-

Answer 21

payments made by a losing nation in a war to pay for losses suffered