World War I Vocabulary and Facts

Fill in the blank: The area between the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WWI was called ________.

• no man's land

• the buffer zone

• the neutral ground

• the battle corridor

• the peace strip

A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort is called ________.

• total war

• limited war

• cold war

• civil war

Fill in the blank: ________ is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

• Propaganda

• Encyclopedia

• Documentary

• Report

Fill in the blank: ________ is when a stronger nation takes over a weaker nation.

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Federalism

• Nationalism

The German policy of sinking any ship in the British waters during WWI was called ________.

• unrestricted submarine warfare

• Operation Sea Lion

• Blitzkrieg

• Zimmermann Telegram

Fill in the blank: The Triple Alliance was a military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and ________ in the years preceding World War I.

• Italy

• France

• Russia

• Britain

Fill in the blank: ________ is the belief in maintaining a strong military force and being prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.

• Militarism

• Pacifism

• Isolationism

• Federalism

Fill in the blank: A temporary peace agreement to end fighting is called an ________.

• armistice

• treaty

• embargo

• alliance

The treaty that ended WWI and blamed Germany for the war was called the ________.

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Ghent

Fill in the blank: ________ involved fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire, and was used in WWI.

• Trench Warfare

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Naval Warfare

• Blitzkrieg