World War I Vocabulary

Question 1

Extreme build up of a country’s armed forces

Answer 1

Militarism

Question 2

Agreement between countries to support each other during war

Answer 2

Alliances

Question 3

Extending a country’s influence past its borders for resources and power

Answer 3

Imperialism

Question 4

Extreme pride in one’s country

Answer 4

Nationalism

Question 5

Great Britain, France, Russia

Answer 5

Triple Entente

Question 6

Austria-Hungary, Italy, Germany

Answer 6

Triple Alliance

Question 7

The assassination of him and his wife led to the beginning of World War I

Answer 7

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 8

With the help of the Black Hand, he assassinated the Archduke of Austria-Hungary

Answer 8

Gavrilo Princip

Question 9

Year when World War I started

Answer 9

1914

Question 10

United States’ policy at the beginning of World War I in which they did not take a side

Answer 10

Neutrality

Question 11

Event that led to more people in the United States wanting to join World War I against the Germans

Answer 11

Sinking of the Lusitania

Question 12

Year in which the Lusitania sunk

Answer 12

1915

Question 13

Message intercepted by Britain in which Germany hoped Mexico would invade the United States and keep them out of World War I

Answer 13

Zimmerman Telegram

Question 14

Year when the Zimmerman Telegram was intercepted

Answer 14

1917

Question 15

Using submarines to attack and sink all forms of enemy shipping, whether they are military or civilian

Answer 15

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Question 16

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

Answer 16

Propaganda

Question 17

Recruitment of soldiers, Financing the war effort, Conservation of resources, Participation in homefront organizations, Eliminating dissent/unifying the country

Answer 17

Propaganda Objectives

Question 18

Examples include catchy slogans, emotional appeal, and patriotic appeal

Answer 18

Propaganda Tools

Question 19

This tool involves using memorable phrases.

Answer 19

Catchy slogans

Question 20

This tool involves portraying the enemy as purely evil, menacing, murderous, and aggressive

Answer 20

Dehumanization

Question 21

This tool involves playing on people’s emotions.

Answer 21

Emotional Appeal

Question 22

This tool involves using symbols that appeal to people’s emotions.

Answer 22

Evocative Visual Symbols

Question 23

This tool involves using loaded labels to encourage hatred.

Answer 23

Name Calling

Question 24

This tool involves using patriotic language or symbols to appeal to people’s national pride.

Answer 24

Patriotic Appeal

Question 25

Country that left World War I due to their own revolution

Answer 25

Russia