Define the Following Words and Explain What They Have to Do with WWI

Social Studies 9

World War I

Ms. Rebecca

World War I Study Guide

Directions: Answer the following questions to help you prepare for your unit test on WWI.

Define the following words and explain what they have to do with WWI

1.  Arms Race:

2.  Alliances:

3.  Imperialism:

4.  Nationalism:

5.  Allied Powers:

6.  Axis Powers:

7.  Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand:

8.  The Balkans:

9.  Serbia:

10.  Trenches:

11.  Two-front war:

12.  Stalemate:

13.  Submarine:

14.  Propaganda:

15.  Home front:

16.  Neutrality of America:

17.  Industrial Revolution:

18.  Christmas Truce:

Answer the following questions in as much detail as possible:

19.  Why did America want to be neutral during WWI?

20.  What did soldiers do to fight boredom in the trenches?

21.  How did the lives of women change during the war?

22.  What did soldiers on both sides of the war have in common?

23.  What was the final event that sparked WWI? Where did it happen?

24.  How did new weapons change the way battles were fought in WWI?

25.  What was the battlefield like? Describe it.

26.  What treaty ended WWI?

27.  Which side won the war (Central Powers or Allied Powers)?

28.  List and explain the four causes of World War one. Also explain why each of the causes, caused World War One.

29.  What was fighting in the trenches like for soldiers? Describe in as much detail what a day in the life of a soldier in the trenches of WWI would be like.

30. One author named Stanley Weintraub wrote: “A celebration of human spirit, the Christmas Truce (peace) remains a (representation) of the absurdities (craziness) of war”. What does this quote mean? What happened during the Christmas peace? What do you think about the way soldiers actually feel about the wars they are fighting and dying in?