World War 1 vocab

Question 1

Type of fighting in which both sides dug ditches protected by mines and barbed wire

Answer 1

Trench Warfare

Question 2

Situation in which neither side is a clear winner over the other in a conflict

Answer 2

Stalemate

Question 3

An agreement to stop fighting

Answer 3

Armistice

Question 4

Organization of nations proposed by President Wilson after WWI to settle international conflicts

Answer 4

League of Nations

Question 5

Heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary whose assassination sparked the beginning of World War I

Answer 5

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 6

Policy in which a country refuses to take sides in a war

Answer 6

Neutrality

Question 7

President during World War I.

Answer 7

Woodrow Wilson

Question 8

Area of fighting that took place along the border of Germany and Russia.

Answer 8

Eastern Front

Question 9

Spreading of ideas or beliefs that help persuade people’s opinions.

Answer 9

Propaganda

Question 10

Area of fighting that took place along the French and German border characterized by trench style warfare

Answer 10

Western Front

Question 11

A person who refuses to fight in a war and believes in peace, not war.

Answer 11

pacifist

Question 12

Name of the alliance that was formed before the start of the war which included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Answer 12

Triple Alliance

Question 13

The movement of African Americans from the south to take factory jobs in northern cities

Answer 13

Great Migration

Question 14

Required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft

Answer 14

Selective Service Act

Question 15

British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat killing 128 Americans

Answer 15

Lusitania

Question 16

Alliance of European nations that fought against Britain, France and Russia when WWI finally broke out

Answer 16

Central Powers

Question 17

The belief that a nation needs to build up a large military force.

Answer 17

Militarism

Question 18

Competition among nations to have a superior army and navy.

Answer 18

Arms race

Question 19

Name of the alliance that was formed prior to the war which included Britain, France and Russia

Answer 19

Triple Entente

Question 20

to use less of something on the homefront that is needed for war.

Answer 20

ration

Question 21

A German submarine

Answer 21

Uboat

Question 22

Alliance formed between Britain, France, Russia and later the U.S once the war broke out that fought against the Central Powers

Answer 22

Allies

Question 23

a low interest loan by Americans to the government meant to help pay for the war effort.

Answer 23

Liberty Bonds

Question 24

Area between the trenches of each side that was a wasteland of barbed wire, deadly land mines, and dead bodies

Answer 24

No Man’s Land

Question 25

Secret message from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the United States to regain land that was previous lost to them

Answer 25

Zimmerman Telegram