Chapter 9, World War I Study Guide
************************************************************************* 1. The belief that your country deserves more success than others is called: ______nationalism_______________________. 2. The building of a strong military to frighten or defeat other countries is called: _____militarism__________________________. 3. An agreement that nations make to support and defend each other is called an ____alliance_______________. 4. Fighting from long, narrow ditches is called ____trench warfare_______. 5. The two important alliances made during World War I were the Allied Powers___ and the __Central Powers____. 6. In 1915, Germany sank the ___Lusitania____________________, a British passenger ship that was also carrying Americans. 7. The Lusitania was hit by a torpedo in the ocean near the country ___Ireland________. 8. When __Archduke Franz Ferdinand_____ was assassinated by a terrorist group from Serbia, World War I began. 9. Serbia wanted the territories of Herzegovina and __Bosnia____________. 10. The country _Austria-Hungary_____ declared war on Serbia in July of ___1914__________. 11. ____Rations_______________ are the limits on the amounts of goods civilians could have during the war. 12. Information that is used to persuade or shape people’s thinking is called ____propaganda___________________________. 13. An agreement to stop fighting is called an __armistice_____. 14. The term ___isolationism____ means that you have a desire to stay out of world events. 15. While many American men were away fighting in the war, __African Americans___ came North to work in factories. 16. __Women___________________ who were not away in the war also worked in factories. They made weapons for the war and repaired cars and machines. 17. The United States entered the war in ___1917____________. 18. One reason USA entered the war was because Germany sank several American ___cargo________________ ships. 19. Another reason USA entered the war, is because Germany sent secret codes to __Mexico_____________, in an attempt to get ___Mexico____ to attack USA by land. Britain found this out. 20. ___Uncle Sam____________________ is a symbol for our American government. “His” famous slogan is “I Want You.” 21. In __1918__________ the Central Powers were overwhelmed by the Allied Powers. 22. Germany signed an ___armistice____, and agreed to stop fighting. 23. Germany had to give back _________territories_____________, or land that it had taken over during the War. 24. Germany’s __military__________________ forces were then limited. 25. Germany had to return war materials, ships, other goods, and even ___livestock_______________ stolen from farms all over Europe. 26. All in all, Germany paid for damages, or paid ____restitution____, in the amount of $__33________________ billion for its part in World War I. Comments are closed.
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