World War I Vocabulary Quiz

An American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Leading a Congress in Democratic hands, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. The Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, and Federal Farm Loan Act were some of these new policies. His second term was dominated by American entry into World War I.

• Woodrow Wilson

• Vittorio Orlando

• Upton Sinclair

• William Howard Taft

A secret military society formed on May 9, 1911, by officers in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia, originating in the conspiracy group that assassinated the Serbian royal couple (1903) led by captain Dragutin Dimitrijević "Apis."

• Self-determination

• Zimmerman telegram

• Schlienffen Plan

• The Black Hand

Was banned by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, Germany turned to this industry for what it hoped would be a decisive weapon to break the deadlock of trench warfare. Chlorine gas was first used on the battlefield in April 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium.

• Machine Gun

• Zeppelin

• Poison gas

• U-Boat

Trench Warfare, small land gains, and ended in a bloody stalemate. Germany vs. GB and France.

• Unrestricted Submarine warfare

• Trench Warfare

• Eastern Front

• Western Front

the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces are engaged in war abroad.

• Homefront

• Homogenic

• Self Determination

• Counter-offensive

A secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed on May 20, 1882, and renewed periodically until World War I. Germany and Austria-Hungary had been closely allied since 1879. Italy sought support against France shortly after it lost North African ambitions to the French. Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any other great power.

• Triple Entente

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

• Triple Alliance

This was the spark that started World War I. Archduke Ferdinand, the Austrian crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. Germany urged Austria-Hungary to fight and they went to war against Serbia; all of this due to Serbia wanting to expand .

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The formation of the Triple Alliance

• Zimmerman telegram

• The expansion of the Black Hand

A principle of international law that states that peoples, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and fair equality of opportunity, have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no interference.

• Self-determination

• Zimmerman telegram

• Schlienffen Plan

• Nationalism

This was a major alliance during World War I made up of Britain, France, Russia, and the United States. It was known as the Triple Entente(a French word) before the war

• Zeppelin

• Machine Guns

• Austria-Hungary

• Allied Power

Feb. 1915- Jan. 1916 British attempt to capture Constantinople

• Brusilov Offensive

• Gallipoli Campaign

• Tannenberg

• Battle of Jutland