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WWI Social Studies Vocabulary

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
a)
Treaty
b)
Nationalism
c)
Francis Ferdinand
d)
isolationism
2.
A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce.
a)
isolationism
b)
Armistice
c)
militarism
d)
anarchy
3.
A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
a)
anarchy
b)
assassination
c)
imperialism
d)
Alliance
4.
A distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others.
a)
front
b)
Balance of power
c)
attrition
d)
terrorism
5.
a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength
a)
armistice
b)
alliance
c)
attrition
d)
terrorism
6.
the foremost part or surface of anything.
a)
militarism
b)
front
c)
treaty
d)
nationalism
7.
the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in a war between other nations:
a)
Allied Powers
b)
terrorism
c)
neutrality
d)
Lusitania
8.
the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.
a)
terrorism
b)
armistice
c)
assassination
d)
militarism
9.
to kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously.
a)
alliance
b)
assassination
c)
treaty
d)
militarism
10.
a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's fullfinancial resources are devoted
a)
draft
b)
Lusitania
c)
total war
d)
isolationism
11.
a strong military spirit or policy.
a)
terrorism
b)
militarism
c)
anarchy
d)
neutrality
12.
a state of society without government or law.
a)
anarchy
b)
armistice
c)
attrition
d)
militarism
13.
a German submarine.
a)
imperialism
b)
U-boat
c)
militarism
d)
treaty
14.
Germany and Austria-Hungary, often with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria, as opposed to the Allies.
a)
Central Powers
b)
neutrality
c)
assassination
d)
Allied Powers
15.
The Allied Powers were the countries that opposed the Central Powers in the First World War. The members of the original Entente Alliance of 1907 were the French Republic, the British Empire and the Russian Empire.
a)
Central Powers
b)
militarism
c)
Allied Powers
d)
imperialism
16.
the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc.
a)
alliance
b)
militarism
c)
assassination
d)
isolationism
17.
the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source.
a)
isolationism
b)
terrorism
c)
draft
d)
armistice
18.
spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
a)
nationalism
b)
balance of power
c)
neutrality
d)
disillusionment
19.
to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
a)
armistice
b)
draft
c)
disillusionment
d)
nationalism
20.
the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
a)
disillusionment
b)
imperialism
c)
nationalism
d)
terrorism
21.
an internal diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January, 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States' entering World War I against Germany.
a)
Zimmerman Note
b)
terrorism
c)
Fourteen Points
d)
Woodrow Wilson
22.
a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Fourteen Points
c)
Lusitania
d)
Zimmerman Note
23.
a peninsula and a cultural area in Southeast Europe with different and disputed borders
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Balkan Peninsula
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
imperialism
24.
a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband, and briefly the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her running mate Mauretania.
a)
imperialism
b)
Lusitania
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Francis Ferdinand
25.
was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
a)
Francis Ferdinand
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Balkan Peninsula
d)
Woodrow Wilson
26.
Was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Francis Ferdinand
c)
Balkan Peninsula
d)
Fourteen Points
27.
Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia and, from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
a)
Balkan Peninsula
b)
Francis Ferdinand
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Vladimir Lenin