World War 1

Match the long term causes of World War 1 with their definitions:

• This was the practice of exerting control over other regions around the world to become powerful

• Imperialism

• This was the practice of developing new weaponry and investing in the armed forces

• Nationalism

• This practice involved the securing of support from other nations in the event of a war breaking out

• Militarism

• This was the attempt by countries to promote their own agendas and ideas as better than others

• Alliances

This was a British Cruise ship (that had American passengers on it) that was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine.

• Titanic

• Mississippi

• Lusitania

• Arkansas

This cartoonist is suggesting the League of Nations will fail because

• France and England control the keystone

• The United States is relying too much on England and Italy for support

• the United States has not become a member

• England and Italy do not want help from Belgium and France

What was the name of Wilson’s plan for peace after the war?

• League of Nations

• Treaty of Versailles

• 14 Points

• Paris Accords

Use of which weapon will bring the USA into World War One

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Which weapon forced soldiers into the trenches

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The area between the German trenches and the Allied trenches was called

• Dead Zone

• Nowhere Land

• No Man's Land

• Default Zone

Governments had to control the consumption of, or ____________ goods in order to keep soldiers fed and continue the war effort.

• ration
• censor
• steal
• buy with war bonds

WWI was a _________________, or a war in which the countries involved devoted all of their resources to the war effort.

• Trench Warfare
• Total War
• Crusade
• Jihad