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WorksheetsWorld War I Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. This was a major cause for US entry into WWI.
a)
Lusitania
b)
Zimmerman's Telegram
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
The Great War
2.
A 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join in an alliance with Germany.
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Lusitania
c)
Zimmerman's Telegram
d)
The Great War
3.
Commander of the American Expeditionary Force of over one million US troops. He insisted that soldiers fight as independent units.
a)
Alvin York
b)
John J. Pershing
c)
Lawrence Tyson
d)
Woodrow Wilson
4.
A nickname for the inexperienced but fresh American soldiers during WWI.
a)
allied powers
b)
Lusitania
c)
trench warfare
d)
doughboys
5.
He commanded the 59th Brigade of the 30th during WWI. He was from Knoxville, TN.
a)
Lawrence Tyson
b)
Alvin York
c)
John J. Pershing
d)
Zimmerman
6.
He killed 25 machine-gunners and captured 132 German soldiers when his soldiers took cover; he won the Congressional Medal of Freedom.
a)
John J. Pershing
b)
Alvin York
c)
Lawrence Tyson
d)
doughboy
7.
Alliance between Great Britain (England), Soviet Union, France, and the US during World War I and II.
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Hydroelectric Power
8.
In World War I, the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire who joined in opposing the allies.
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
c)
Axis Powers
d)
Wind Power
9.
A treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty or Tricky
d)
Treaty of Berlin
10.
Known as World War I and the War to End All Wars: a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers from 1914 to 1919.
a)
The Great War
b)
The Not So Great War
c)
The Amazing War
d)
The Civil War
11.
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
a)
Ditch Warfare
b)
Trench Warfare
c)
The Great War
d)
League of Nations
12.
An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
a)
United Nations
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Doughboys
d)
League of Nations
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