WWI Vocabulary Review

Information that is purposely spread, without regard to its accuracy, in order to gain support for a cause or to damage an opposing cause.

• Misinformation
• Information
• Propaganda
• Yahtzee

An authorization or order given to a lesser authority by a superior one; a territory governed under such an authorization or order from the League of Nations.

• Proclamation
• Authorization
• Directive
• Mandate

An unoccupied area between opposing armies.

• No-man’s land
• Alley
• Trench line
• Death row

A long, narrow ditch.

• Pit
• Gorge
• Trench
• Canyon

A rigid airship consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells

• Airship
• Zeppelin
• Dirigible
• Led Zeppelin

A belief in increasing a nation’s military strength as the way to become or remain powerful; the glorification of military virtues and ideals.

• Expansionism
• Weaponization
• Strengthening
• Militarism

A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.

• Alliance
• Relationship
• Allegiance
• Group

A policy in which a state takes political and economic control of areas beyond its borders.

• Invasion
• Colonialism
• Racism
• Imperialism

Extreme pride or patriotism for one’s country.

• Nationalism
• Patriotism
• Loyalism
• Jingoism

Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land.

• Cannons
• Artillery
• Mortars
• Missiles