World War I Vocabulary

An association formed for mutual benefit, between countries.

• Referendum

• Alliance

• Conscription

• Rationing

An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to make a truce.

• Armistice

• Unconditional surrender

• Total War

• Mandate

Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

• Requisition

• Bribe

• Mandate

• Conscription

A fixed amount of a commodity allowed to each person during wartime.

• Rations

• Conscription

• Reparations

• Planned Scarcity

..................................using submarines to sink any ship without warning

• rationing

• total war

• unrestricted warfare.

At the end of the war, Germany agreed to an __________________________ with the Allies.

• accord

• olive branch

• armistice

• understanding

Preparing and organizing troops for active service.

• Conscription

• Mobilization

• Total War

• Schlieffen plan

Warfare in which opposing armies attack and defend from permanent systems of trenches.

• Trench Warfare

• Total War

• Mobile War

• Blitzkrieg

A cargo ship with American passengers sunk by German U-boats.

• Lusitania

• Titanic

• Olympic

• USS. Maine

The compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state.

• Reparations

• Mandate

• Conscription

• Bolsheviks