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World War 1 vocab

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it to promote national interests.

a)

Militarism

b)

Totalitarianism

c)

Authoritarianism

d)

Pacifism

2.

An association formed for mutual benefit, between countries.

a)

Referendum

b)

Alliance

c)

Conscription

d)

Rationing

3.

identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion of the interests of other nations.

a)

Patriotism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Jingoism

d)

Globalism

4.

Which front did Russia fight in?

a)

Eastern Front

b)

Western Front

c)

Italian Front

d)

Mesopotamian Front

5.

Which Front had fighting in France and Belgium?

a)

Eastern Front

b)

Italian Front

c)

Ottoman Front

d)

Western Front

6.

An agreement made by opposing sides in a war to make a truce.

a)

Armistice

b)

Unconditional surrender

c)

Total War

d)

Mandate

7.

A military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice to obtain victory.

a)

World War

b)

Cold War

c)

Total War

d)

Bushfire War

8.

Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

a)

Requisition

b)

Bribe

c)

Mandate

d)

Conscription

9.

A fixed amount of a commodity allowed to each person during wartime.

a)

Rations

b)

Conscription

c)

Reparations

d)

Planned Scarcity

10.

Preparing and organizing troops for active service.

a)

Conscription

b)

Mobilization

c)

Total War

d)

Schlieffen plan

11.

Information, of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote particular political cause.

a)

Counter-Intelligence

b)

Espionage

c)

Propaganda

d)

Lusitania

12.

Warfare in which opposing armies attack and defend from permanent systems of trenches.

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Total War

c)

Mobile War

d)

Blitzkrieg

13.

A cargo ship with American passengers sunk by German U-boats.

a)

Lusitania

b)

Titanic

c)

Olympic

d)

USS. Maine

14.

The overthrow of the Imperial government for a communist government.

a)

Russian Revolution

b)

Schlieffen plan

c)

French Revolution

d)

Treaty of Versailles

15.

The party that instigated the Russian October revolution.

a)

AEF

b)

White army

c)

Mensheviks

d)

Bolsheviks

16.

German Submarines

a)

U-boats

b)

submersibles

c)

Dive boats

d)

Kriegsmarine

17.

How many points did Wilson make in suggestion for after the war?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

18.

The compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state.

a)

Reparations

b)

Mandate

c)

Conscription

d)

Bolsheviks

19.

An international organization, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.

a)

A mistake

b)

League of Nations

c)

United Nations

d)

NATO

20.

An authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony.

a)

Mandate

b)

Colonization

c)

Imperialism

d)

Nationalism

21.

Which Treaty ended WW1

a)

Treaty of Ghent

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Berlin Accords

22.

A telegram sent from Germany to Mexico promising them US territory if the attacked the US.

a)

Lusitania letter

b)

Zimmerman telegram

c)

Kaiser Reich

d)

Autocorrect

23.

an agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

a)

Triple alliance (Central Powers)

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Allies

d)

Axis

24.

The informal Alliance between the Russian Empire, the French and the United Kingdom.

a)

Central Powers

b)

Axis

c)

Triple Entente

d)

Commintern

25.

Germany's plan to beat France by going through Belgium.

a)

War plan red

b)

Prussian plan

c)

Schlieffen Plan

d)

Total war