World War 1 Vocabulary

Militarism is: 

• •A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war.
• A policy of disparaging military power and only having a volunteer army. 

Propaganda is: 

• •Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent’s cause.
• Information or material spread to make an opponent look good. 

Armistice is: 

• An agreement to stop fighting.
• An agreement to start fighting. 

The idea that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.

• Imperialism
• Militarism
• Rationing
• Nationalism

In victory gardens, people grew food to

• eat at home
• can in the factories
• feed the farm animals
• send to the soliders

illegal traffic, smuggled goods

• contraband (v.)

• gossamer

• affable

• contraband (n.)

What act when 21 to 30 men had to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service in 1917?

• Lend-Lease Act
• Selective Draft Act
• Selective Service Act

Information used to influence opinions

• Propoaganda

• Revolution

• Stress

• Stalemate

This was sent by Germans to encourage a Mexican attack against the United States. Intercepted by the US in 1917.

• Triple Entente
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Zimmerman Telegram
• Imperialislm

British passenger boat sunk by a German submarine that claimed 128 American lives. One of main reasons Amereica decided to join the war.

• Militarism
• Rationing
• Lusitanta
• Allied Powers