WWI Vocab

Question 1

Nationalism

Answer 1

Loyalty to one’s country

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

The buildup of an army

Question 3

Alliance

Answer 3

a joining together for some common purpose

. (the allies during WWI were Great Britain, Russia, and France and their opposing allies were Italy, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany).

Question 4

Balance of Power

Answer 4

Alliances from different nations in order to prevent the breakout of war

Question 5

U-boats

Answer 5

German war ships used to block Ally ports

Question 6

Trench Warfare

Answer 6

a complex network of deep trenches was dug along the front lines which provided protection from flying bullets.

Question 7

Propaganda

Answer 7

Information used to influence public opinion

Question 8

Neutruality

Answer 8

Refusal to fight in a war

Question 9

Revolution

Answer 9

A forcible overthrow of the government or social order in favor of a new system

Question 10

Convoy

Answer 10

Warships used to protect trade going to allied ports from German U-Boats

Question 11

Armistice

Answer 11

A cease fire

Question 12

Mobilization

Answer 12

The preparation for war

Question 13

Socialists

Answer 13

People who believed industries should be publicly owned.

Question 14

Great Migration

Answer 14

1,000 of African Americans and Mexicans traveling north for jobs

Question 15

Reparations

Answer 15

German Payment after the war