World War 1

Question 1

Militarism

Answer 1

a policy of aggressive military preparedness

Question 2

Alliances

Answer 2

countries forming partnerships to protect themselves

Question 3

Imperialism

Answer 3

Policy of expanding a countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

Intense pride in and loyalty to one’s country or culture

Question 5

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 5

President of the US during WWI

Question 6

Trenches

Answer 6

Deep ditches used in battle for cover against enemy gunfire

Question 7

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 7

A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.

Question 8

Lusitania

Answer 8

American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI

Question 9

Selective Service

Answer 9

Conscriptions and Draft boards

Question 10

Harlem Hellfighters

Answer 10

The African American infantry unit that fought with the French Army in World War I

Question 11

Bonds

Answer 11

Paper notes promising to repay money after a certain length of time with interest

Question 12

Four-Minute Men

Answer 12

A group of volunteers authorized by the US President Woodrow Wilson to give four-minute speeches on topics given to them by The Committee on Public Information.

Question 13

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 13

Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI

Question 14

Kaiser Wilhelm

Answer 14

Emperor of Germany during World War I

Question 15

Czar Nicholas II

Answer 15

Russian Czar during WWI; unpopular with Russian people; overthrown in March 1917; executed by Bolsheviks after November Revolution (1917)

Question 16

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 16

Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).

Question 17

Armistice

Answer 17

An agreement to stop fighting

Question 18

Influenza Outbreak of 1918

Answer 18

A flu pandemic that spread around the world as a result of WWI and killed as many as 6 times more people than were killed directly from the war

Question 19

Bolsheviks

Answer 19

Led by Vladimir Lenin it was the Russian communist party that took over the Russian government during WWI

Question 20

Russian Revolution

Answer 20

Prompted by labor unrest personal liberties

Question 21

Karl Marx

Answer 21

Father of Communism

Question 22

Joseph Stalin

Answer 22

Bolshevik revolutionary head of the Soviet Communists after 1924

Question 23

Authoritariansim

Answer 23

a political system that denies the people participation in government

Question 24

Totalitarianism

Answer 24

government control over every aspect of public and private life