7.3 - Conducting World War I

Question 1

Conscription

Answer 1

mandatory enlistment of people into the military (the draft)

Question 2

Stalement

Answer 2

a situation where neither side can win, common in trench warfare during WWI

Question 3

Propaganda

Answer 3

information spread to influence public opinion, often used by governments during wartime

Question 4

Global War

Answer 4

a conflict involving many nations across the world, like World War I

Question 5

Self-Determination

Answer 5

the right of people to choose their own government or nation

Question 6

Reparations

Answer 6

payments made by a defeated country to compensate for damage caused in war (Germany after WWI)

Question 7

Lusitania

Answer 7

British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat, influencing US entry into WWI

Question 8

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 8

secret message from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance against the US; helped draw the US into WWI

Question 9

Total War

Answer 9

war that involves the complete mobilization of a nation’s resources and people

Question 10

ANZAC

Answer 10

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, fought for the Allies at Gallipoli

Question 11

Gallipoli

Answer 11

failed Allied campaign against the Ottoman Empire; heavy losses for ANZAC troops

Question 12

Paris Peace Conference

Answer 12

1919 meeting of Allied leaders to set peace terms after WWI

Question 13

Big Four

Answer 13

main leaders at the Paris Peace Conference - leaders of the US, Britain, France, and Italy

Question 14

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 14

US president during and after WWI, proposed the Fourteen Points

Question 15

David Lloyd George

Answer 15

British prime minister during the Paris Peace Conference

Question 16

Georges Clemenceau

Answer 16

French premier at the Paris Peace Conference

Question 17

Vittorio Orlando

Answer 17

Italian prime minister at the Paris Peace Conference

Question 18

Fourteen Points

Answer 18

Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI, including self-determination and the League of Nations

Question 19

League of Nations

Answer 19

international organization formed after WWI to promote peace (predecessor to the UN)

Question 20

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 20

1919 treaty that ended WWI and placed harsh terms of Germany

Question 21

Weimar Republic

Answer 21

democratic government in Germany after WWI, before the rise of the Nazis