WWI Vocabulary

4. title given to a pilot who made 5 successful enemy kills
6. U.S. bonds sold during World War I to raise money for loans to the Allies.
7. area of destruction and danger between the two enemy trenches during WWI
8. Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Italy
9. a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force
10. treaty that ended the war in 1919
13. meant to sway the public's opinion for or against something. It can come in the form of songs, flyers, posters, and slogans.
14. name given to the famous German Dogfighter and Ace during WWI
15. a battle involving planes, with pilots shooting at each other while in flight
16. type of fighting that would have been found on the Western Front of WWI
17. Great Britain, France, Serbia, Russia, and the U.S.
18. A highly contagious rickettsial disease transmitted by lice, that infected soldiers in the trenches in World War I.
19. submarines during WWI,used especially by the Germans

1. Policy of aggressive military preparedness.
2. giant hydrogen filled blimps that were used to drop explosives in WWI
3. Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after the war
5. (1917) Law that required men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for the draft into the armed forces.
11. having pride in your country
12. the payments to cover war damages
16. A painful condition of the feet caused by long immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue.