World War I Vocabulary

This is what the Germans called their submarines

• U-Boats

• Convoy System

• Red Scare

• Reparations

A policy that says a government will not take sides in a war

• Neutrality

• Imperialism

• Militarism

• War Bonds

Making amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

• Armistice

• Alliance

• Reparations

• Propaganda

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

• Alliance

• Armistice

• Propaganda

• Reparations

Which was NOT a cause of World War I?

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Racism

A secret communication issued from the German Foreign Office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico

• Red Scare

• Trench Warfare

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Fourteen Points

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

• Propaganda

• Armistice

• Alliance

• War Bonds

A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Militarism

• Socialism

A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from a long ditch facing each other.

• Convoy System

• Trench Warfare

• War Bonds

• Red Scare

Low interest loans given to the government by the people which would be repaid at a later time

• Reparations

• War Bonds

• Alliances

• Fourteen Points