World War I

Question 1

Mobilization

Answer 1

The act of assembling troops and supplies. To prepare for war.

Question 2

Eastern Front

Answer 2

The area of conflict with Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany

Question 3

Ottoman Empire

Answer 3

Area that is now Turkey; an Islamic empire created by Turkish tribes.

Question 4

Lusitania

Answer 4

A British ship that Germany sank on the grounds of unrestricted submarine warfare. More than 100 Americans died, which turned public opinion against Germany and helped America enter the war.

Question 5

Home front

Answer 5

The civilian population and the everyday activities of a nation engaged in war.

Question 6

Trench warfare

Answer 6

A type of combat where troops fight from trenches facing each other.

Question 7

Western front

Answer 7

A series of trenches that ran through France, starting at the Belgium coast and ending at the Swiss border.

Question 8

No man’s land

Answer 8

The ground between two trenches, filled with landmines and barbed wire.

Question 9

Sarajevo

Answer 9

The capital of Bosnia.

Question 10

Reparations

Answer 10

Compensation in money, labor, etc, paid by a defeated country to the victor as a result of war.

Question 11

New miracle weapons

Answer 11

Machine gun, poison gas, and tanks were all new weapons in WW1.

Question 12

Nationalism

Answer 12

The feeling of pride for one’s country.

Question 13

Powder Keg

Answer 13

The Balkan Peninsula; had history of ethnic conflicts and had the potential to start a war.

Question 14

Propaganda

Answer 14

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political view

Question 15

Militarism

Answer 15

A policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war.

Question 16

Triple Entente

Answer 16

Russia, France, and Britain

Question 17

Triple Alliance

Answer 17

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 18

Central Powers

Answer 18

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

Question 19

von Schlieffen Plan

Answer 19

Germany’s plan to attack France first, then rushing to meet Russia in the east.

Question 20

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 20

A treaty that ended the war between Germany and Russia, declaring a truce.

Question 21

Armistice

Answer 21

An agreement to stop fighting

Question 22

League of Nations

Answer 22

An international association with the goal of protecting states and keep peace.

Question 23

Zimmerman telegraph

Answer 23

A German telegraph offering an alliance with Mexico, promising to give back territories the US had stolen.

Question 24

Fourteen Points

Answer 24

Woodrow Wilson’s plan for achieving peace. Emphasized allowing people to decide their government themselves.

Question 25

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 25

A treaty created after the war to establish the terms of peace. Demanded reparations from Germany and established a League of Nations.

Question 26

Alliance Systems

Answer 26

Countries allying with other countries.

Question 27

Dardanelles

Answer 27

A failed naval campaign attacking Turkey, with the goal of controlling a waterway separating Europe and Asia.

Question 28

Gallipoli

Answer 28

A failed attempt from the Allies to control the sea route from Europe to Russia.

Question 29

Somme

Answer 29

An Allied attack on the Western front in 1916

Question 30

Verdun

Answer 30

Longest single battle of WW1; a German attack on France

Question 31

Marne

Answer 31

Battles in 1914 AND 1918…First battle was French victory, ended German hope of quickly ending conflict in France (according to the Schlieffen Plan). Second battle was also an Allied victory; it was Germany’s last major offensive.

Question 32

Hapsburgs

Answer 32

The ruling dynasty of the former Habsburg Empire, now Austria.

Question 33

Czar Nicholas II

Answer 33

The last emperor of Russia; czar during WW1

Question 34

David Lloyd George

Answer 34

British prime minister and a secretary of war.

Question 35

Francis Ferdinand

Answer 35

Heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. His assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia was one of the causes of the war.

Question 36

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 36

The 28th president of the United States, leader during WW1, proposed the Fourteen Points and a League of Nations.

Question 37

Vittorio Orlando

Answer 37

Italian Prime Minister who represented Italy in the Paris Peace Conference. Resigned in 1919 for failing to secure Italy’s interests.

Question 38

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer 38

The last German emperor, emphasized importance of militarism.

Question 39

Georges Clemenceau

Answer 39

French politician who led the nation during WW1 and a representative at the Paris Peace Conference who argued for the destruction of Germany.

Question 40

T. E. Lawrence

Answer 40

British army officer who assisted the Arabs in revolting against the Ottoman Empire.