Chapter 11 The U.S. in World War I Vocabualry Check-Up

Choose the correct definition of ally.

• 
  a country that supports and helps another country in war

• a country that fights against another country in war

• a country that stays neutral in a war between other countries

• a country that is isolated from other countries during a war

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Choose the correct definition of nationalism.

nationalism:  ​ ​ ​

• loyalty and devotion to one’s country and support for its interests above those of other countries or peoples

• loyalty and devotion to one’s city and support for its interests above those of other cities or peoples

• loyalty and devotion to one’s region and support for its interests above those of other regions or peoples

• loyalty and devotion to one’s nation and support for its interests above those of other nations or peoples

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Choose the correct definition of neutral.

• favoring the weaker side in a quarrel, contest, or war

• favoring different sides in a quarrel, contest, or war

• not favoring either side in a quarrel, contest, or war

• favoring the stronger side in a quarrel, contest, or war

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Choose the correct definition of merchant ship.

• a ship used for warfare rather than commerce

• a small boat used by a few people for local trade

• a small boat used by a few people to escape an area

• a ship used for commerce rather than warfare

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

Choose the correct definition of telegram.

• a secret message transmitted using a special code

• a message transmitted to an enemy during a war

• a written message transmitted over wires by using an electric device called a telegraph

• an oral message transmitted over wires by using an electric device called a telephone

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

Read the definition. Then choose the vocabulary term defined.

to take, seize, or halt someone or something on the way from one place to another

• isolate

• escalate

• intercept

• emerge

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the correct definition of torpedo.

• a long, narrow, self-propelled underwater weapon used for spying on ship movements

• a long, narrow, self-propelled air weapon used for blowing up buildings

• a long, narrow, self-propelled air weapon used for spying on enemy movements

• a long, narrow, self-propelled underwater weapon used for blowing up ships

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4