WW 1 Vocabulary Review

An agreement by both sides to stop fighting while peace is negotiated

• Armistice

• Balkans

• Big Four

• Blockade

Leaders of the four major ALLIES France, Britain, Italy, and the U.S.

• dreadnought

• Blockade

• Big Four

• Bolsheviks

Geographical region in Southeastern Europe including countries such as Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Greece.

• U-boat

• Balkans

• No Man’s Land

• Bolsheviks

An effort to prevent people or goods from entering or leaving a country

• Armistice

• Bolsheviks

• Big Four

• Blockade

Faction of the communist Marxist party of Russia that gained power during the Russian Revolution

• Bolsheviks

• U-boat

• Duckboards

• No Man’s Land

A person enlisted in the army. Many of which did not want to join the army.

• Conscript

• Doughboy

• Duckboards

• No Man’s Land

A nickname for U.S. soldier during WW1

• Conscript

• Doughboy

• Bolsheviks

• dreadnought

Boards placed on the bottom of trenches to keep soldiers’ feet dry

• Duckboards

• Dreadnought

• Doughboy

• Doughboy

Large, heavy armored battleships

• Dreadnought

• Armistice

• U Boat

• Duckboards

The place where two armies met and where most of the  fighting took place

• Front Line

• Armistice

• Balkans

• Dreadnought