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WorksheetsWorld War 1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
pride in one's nation
a)
nationalism
b)
militarism
c)
alliance
d)
stalemate
2.
the policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
a)
militarism
b)
nationalism
c)
imperialism
d)
bureaucracy
3.
a union to promote a common interest.
a)
alliance
b)
militarism
c)
nationalism
d)
warmonger
4.
establishing political or economic control over other countries.
a)
imperialism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
kaiser
5.
German emperor
a)
kaiser
b)
stalemate
c)
warmonger
d)
czars
6.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman, or Turkish, and Empire
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allied Powers
7.
France, Britain, and Russia
a)
Allied Powers
b)
Central Powers
8.
a deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat stalemate
a)
stalemate
b)
warmonger
c)
czars
d)
kaiser
9.
lasted for 10 months in 1916
a)
Battle of Verdun
b)
Battle of Belleau Wood
c)
Battle of the Argonne Forest
d)
Battle of Trenton
10.
the spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause
a)
propaganda
b)
bureaucracy
c)
draft
d)
kaiser
11.
a fleet of submarines
a)
U boats
b)
self determination
c)
Fourteen Points
d)
Lusitania
12.
a British passenger ship
a)
Lusitania
b)
self determination
c)
Fourteen Points
d)
U boats
13.
a person who tries to stir up war
a)
warmonger
b)
stalemate
c)
czars
d)
kaiser
14.
instructed the minister to urge Mexico to attack the United States if the United States declared war on Germany
a)
Zimmermann telegram
b)
Selective Service Act
c)
Liberty Bonds
d)
Harlem Hellfighters
15.
Russian emperors
a)
czars
b)
warmonger
c)
stalemate
d)
kaiser
16.
it required all men from ages 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
a)
Selective Service Act
b)
Zimmermann telegram
c)
Liberty Bonds
d)
Harlem Hellfighters
17.
a law requiring people of certain age to serve in the military
a)
draft
b)
bureaucracy
c)
propaganda
d)
epidemic
18.
unable to read or write
a)
illiterate
b)
epidemic
c)
armistice
d)
abdicate
19.
a system of managing government through departments
a)
bureaucracy
b)
propaganda
c)
draft
d)
epidemic
20.
bonds sold by the United States government to raise money for World War 1
a)
Liberty Bonds
b)
Zimmermann telegram
c)
Selective Service Act
d)
Harlem Hellfighters
21.
people who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
a)
pacifists
b)
Progressivism
c)
Socialism
d)
Socialist
22.
believes that the people as a whole rather than private individuals should own all property and share the profits
a)
Socialist
b)
pacifists
c)
Progressivism
d)
Socialism
23.
a 1918 treaty between Russia and Germany that ended Russia's involvement in WW1
a)
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Verdun
d)
Treaty of Paris
24.
African American unit
a)
Harlem Hellfighters
b)
Liberty Bonds
c)
Zimmermann telegram
d)
Selective Service Act
25.
hard fought American victory over the Germans in France in 1918
a)
Battle of Belleau Wood
b)
Battle of the Argonne Forest
c)
Battle of Verdun
d)
Battle of Trenton
26.
defeat of the Germans by French and American troops in France in October 1918
a)
Battle of the Argonne Forest
b)
Battle of Belleau Wood
c)
Battle of Verdun
d)
Battle of Trenton
27.
an agreement to stop fighting
a)
armistice
b)
abdicate
c)
epidemic
d)
illiterate
28.
give up power
a)
abdicate
b)
epidemic
c)
armistice
d)
illiterate
29.
the rapid spread of a contagious disease among large numbers of people
a)
epidemic
b)
armistice
c)
abdicate
d)
illiterate
30.
to prevent international problems from causing another war
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
self determination
c)
U boats
d)
Lusitania
31.
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
a)
self determination
b)
Fourteen Points
c)
Lusitania
d)
U boats
32.
A government in which the supreme power is held by the people.
a)
democracy
b)
Progressivism
c)
Socialism
d)
pacifists
33.
A group of ships traveling together for protection.
a)
convoy
b)
contraband
c)
mire
d)
trench
34.
Goods legally prohibited in trade; smuggled goods.
a)
contraband
b)
mire
c)
trench
d)
convoy
35.
Swampy ground that is soft, deep mud.
a)
mire
b)
trench
c)
contraband
d)
convoy
36.
Believing in moderate political change and social improvement by government action.
a)
Progressivism
b)
Socialism
c)
democracy
d)
Socialist
37.
A long narrow cut in the ground used to shelter soldiers
a)
trench
b)
mire
c)
contraband
d)
convoy
38.
A social system based on government ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
a)
Socialism
b)
Progressivism
c)
democracy
d)
Socialist
39.
an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
a)
League of Nations
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
d)
Treaty of Paris
40.
It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
c)
League of Nations
d)
Treaty of Paris
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