WWI 5th Grade PDF Past Paper

WWI 5th Grade Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ejedpv 1. nationalism The extreme love of one's own country and desire for it to be free is _____________________. 2. imperialism Countries competing with each other to gain territory, wealth, and power is _____________________. 3. alliances agreeme...

WWI 5th Grade Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ejedpv 1. nationalism The extreme love of one's own country and desire for it to be free is _____________________. 2. imperialism Countries competing with each other to gain territory, wealth, and power is _____________________. 3. alliances agreements between nations to aid and protect one another 4. militarism A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war 5. assassination murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons 6. Central Powers of Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria WWI 7. Allied Powers (WWI) Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, United States 8. Serbia wanted to be free of Austria-Hungary's control 9. Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was assassinated, which started World War I. 10. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28th, 1914. A month later many different countries had joined. 11. Trench Warfare type of fighting where both sides dug into the ground to create places for soldiers to fight and live in 12. barbed wire used to block the enemy from getting close to the trenches 13. Trench Foot Foot rot caused by long periods of time in wet boots 14. New Technologies Machine gun, tank, poison gas, gas masks, submarines, of WWI airplanes 15. U-boats German submarines used in World War I 1/2 WWI 5th Grade Study online at https://quizlet.com/_ejedpv 16. United States wanted to stay out of WWI because of their policy of isolationism 17. Lusitania A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war. 18. Mexico received a telegram from Germany asking them to attack the U.S. and convince Japan to do the same 19. Eddie Rickenbacker Famous "ace" pilot who downed 26 enemy fighters in WWI 20. Victory Gardens people started growing these to provide food for their families during WWI 21. Propaganda Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. 22. Armistice Day 11th hour 11th day 11th month 1918 ended war 23. Treaty of Versailles Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment. 24. League of Nations An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace. It was the idea of President Woodrow Wilson, but the U.S. never joined. 25. President during WWI Woodrow Wilson 26. Which country Germany was forced to give up land, weapons, and take the blame for WWI? 2/2