Name: ______________________________________ US History: World War 1 Chapter 12
Key Terms: Match the definitions to the words in the box below.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Allies
Armistice
Autocrat
Central Powers
E.
F.
G.
H.
Convoy
Genocide
Militarism
Mobilization
I.
J.
K.
L.
Nationalism
Reparations
Sedition
Self determination
M.
N.
O.
P.
Spoils
Stalemate
U-boat
Zeppelin
1. _____ Readying troops for war
2. _____ submarine or unterseeboot
3. _____ situation when neither side is able to gain the advantage in war
4. _____ speech or action that encourages rebellion
5. _____ payment for economic injury suffered during a war
6. _____ building up a nation’s armed forces in preparation for war
7. _____ floating airships
8. _____ devotion to one’s country, patriotism
9. _____ Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Turks, Bulgaria
10. _____ cease-fire or end in fighting
11. _____ leader who has unlimited ruling power
12. _____ group of unarmed ships surrounded by a ring of destroyers, etc.
13. _____ the power to make decisions about one’s own future
14. _____ organized killing of an entire people
15. _____ Serbia, Russia, France, England, US
16. _____ rewards of war
Directions: Fill in the following as directed.
What are the MAIN causes of World War 1? Explain each and give a specific example
of how this would lead to war.
M ____________________________________________
A _____________________________________________
I ______________________________________________
N _____________________________________________
List the Countries on each side:
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Fill in the blanks using the Word Bank provided below.
Due to (1) ________________________________________, Austria-Hungary was able to
take over the small country of (2) ______________________. This country has a similar
Slavic ethnicity to that of Russia. This similarity resulted in (3) ____________________
feeling protective to Serbia. Though small in size, Serbia was large in national
pride or (4) ____________________________________. This resulted in terrorist Gavril
Princip’s decision to (5) ______________________________ Austria Hungary’s Archduke
Franz Ferdinand during his family vacation to Bosnia. Because the countries of
Europe were already gearing up for war, this conflict pushed the continent into
what would later be called (6) __________________________
Word Bank
Assassination
Imperialism
Nationalism
Russia
Serbia
World War 1
Match the date with the correct event that occurred on that day.
June 28, 1914
US declares war
August 3, 1914
Czar (of Russia) abdicates
March 15, 1917
Assassination of Archduke
April 6, 1917
All of Europe at War
Put in the correct order with 1 being the first to occur and 6 being the last to occur:
_________________
Lusitania
_________________
Russian Revolution
_________________
Sussex Pledge is broken by Germany
_________________
Unlimited submarine warfare is begun
_________________
Zimmermann Note exposed