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World War One Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A policy of aggressive military preparedness; the opinions or actions of people who believe that a country should use military methods, forces, etc., to gain power and to achieve its goals

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliance System

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

2.

A group of nations and/or people that worked together to attack an enemy nation.

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliance System

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

3.

A policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliance System

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

4.

A sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations

a)

Militarism

b)

Alliance System

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

5.

Ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause

a)

Entente

b)

Propaganda

c)

Front

d)

Mobilization

6.

A zone of conflict between armies

a)

Entente

b)

Propaganda

c)

Front

d)

Mobilization

7.

Organization of a nation's armed forces for active military service in time of war or other national emergency

a)

Entente

b)

Propaganda

c)

Front

d)

Mobilization

8.

An agreement to stop fighting a war

a)

Armistice

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Reparations

e)

U Boats

9.

Statement made in 1918 by US President Wilson saying the Great War was being fought for noble reasons and for post-war peace.

a)

Armistice

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Reparations

e)

U Boats

10.

A form of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches

a)

Armistice

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Reparations

e)

U Boats

11.

Military submarines operated by Germany during WWI.

a)

Armistice

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Reparations

e)

U Boats

12.

The peace treaty that ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

a)

Armistice

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Reparations

e)

U Boats

13.

An alliance consisting of Austria-Hungary, Italy, Turkey and Germany

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Triple Entente

c)

NATO

d)

NAACP

14.

An alliance consisting of England, France, and Russia

a)

Triple Alliance

b)

Triple Entente

c)

NATO

d)

NAACP

15.

A secret message sent by Germany to Mexico in 1917 that proposed an alliance against the United States but was intercepted by Great Britain

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Zimmermann Telegram

d)

League of Nations

16.

A general association of nations created after WWI that would work together to keep peace and prevent future global conflicts. 

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Fourteen Points

c)

Zimmermann Telegram

d)

League of Nations