Key Terms World War One
6 09 2009
Use your research skills to find out what each of the following terms mean, and then write a paragraph to explain how they relate to World War One.
- Alliance
- Armistice
- Entente
- Lusitania
- Propaganda
- Shellshock
- Somme
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Alliance: a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
World war one was such a big war because the two main countries’, Austria-hungry and Serbia, had alliances with a lot of other countries.
Armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce.
World war one ended in an armistice in 1918
Entente: an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
After world war one Russia, France and the UK make an entente.
Lusitania: a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915
Lustitania was one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Propaganda posters were used in world war one to make the enemy’s look bad so they could get more people to join the army.
Shellshock: a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences.
A lot of men in world war one got shell shock from hearing all the gunshots for so long and from seeing the dead men.
Somme: A river in Northern France, flowing Northen West to the English Channel.
A few fights in world war one were fought on the Somme.
Alliance - an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty: In WWI, Russia, Britain, France etc. formed an alliance called the Allied Powers, while Germany and Austria-Hungary formed the central powers.
Armistice - a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms: In WWI, when France and Germany were fighting over Flanders Field, they stopped the fighting for one moment so they could clear their soldier’s bodies off the battlefield.
Entente - an informal alliance between countries: In WWI, countries that chose a side but didn’t want to fight made an informal alliance with their allies.
Lusitania - the Lusitania was a British ship that fought in WWI but was sunk by one german torpedo.
Propaganda - information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause: the armies would influence people to get them to donate money towards them.
Shell shock - a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare: in WWI soldiers got shell shock from the explosions of enemy fire.
Somme - The Battle of the Somme (also known as the Somme Offensive) was a battle fought from 1st July to 18th November 1916.
Alliance - A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
Different countries had many ties of alliances and treaties, this is one of the reasons many of the countries started fighting each other.
Armistice - A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties.
World War One ended with an armistice in 1918.
Entente - An arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
After World War One, the three countries, Russia, France and the UK, made a triple entente.
Lusitania - A British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915. This was one of the reaons the US entered World War One.
Propaganda - Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
In World War One, the USA spread a rumor about German camps, where people were executed.
Shellshock - A posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences.
Many of the soldiers could not fight due to shellshock.
Somme - a river in Northern France, flowing North-West to the English Channel.
Some of the battles of World War One were fought on this river.
An alliance is when to or more groups of people get together and form an agreement this was used in world war one with Russia having an alliance with France and Britain against Germany and their alliance Austria.
Armistice is when the people at war against each other agree to stop fighting. This was used in world war one when allies agreed to stop fighting with Germany.
Entente is when there is an understanding to agreements.
This was used in world war one.
Lusitania was a ship built by John Brown. It was considered the second most famous disaster after the titanic when it sunk. This created a battle when Germany torpedoed Scotland
Propaganda insured that people only got to know what their government wanted them to know. It was used in world war one; they used posers to get people to join the army.
Shellshock is a stress reaction, it was in the war and the military term was battle fatigue. It was when the soldier’s behaviors were affected by the experience of war
Somme is the department of France located in the north of the country, and named after the Somme River.
This was used in world war one when the allied forced to break through Germans lines that went for twenty-five miles who were protecting the Somme River
SOCIAL STUDIES
Alliance: is when a group of people gets together and forms an agreement.
Alliance relates to World War One because different countries came together and made agreements to help that county fight or win the war.
Armistice: is when the countries at war agree to stop fighting.
Armistice relates to World War One because Germany and the Allies agreed to stop fighting each other.
Entente: is when there is an understanding to agreements.
This was used in World War One.
Lusitanian: A boat that sunk. Considered the second most famous disaster after the Titanic. Built by John Brown.
It was a ship used in WW1.
Propaganda: ensured that people only got to know what their government wanted them to know.
Propaganda was used in World War One to convince men to join the army.
Shellshock: it is a stress reaction. Military term: Battle Fatigue.
Soldier’s behavior was affected by ‘shellshock.’
Somme: Department of France located in the north of the country and named after the Somme River. Was used in the war when they had a battle when the Allied forced to break through Germany’s line that went for 25 miles, who were protecting the Somme River.
Alliance: Is when two or more people group together and form an agreement.
This was used in world war one with Russia having an alliance with France and Britain, against Germany with their alliance with Austria.
Armistice: Is when the people at war against each other, agree to stop fighting.
This was used in world war one when Allies agreed to stop fighting with Germany.
Entente: Is when there is an understanding to agreements.
This was used in world war one as some countries had an understanding, agreement.
Lusitanian: It was a ship built by John Brown, which sunk.
This created a battle when Germany torpedoed Scotland.
Propaganda: Is when they ensure that people only got to know what their government wanted them to know.
This was used in world war one to get people to join the army using posters, like the famous “We want you” poster.
Shellshock: Is a stress reaction.
It was in world war one when the soldier’s behavior resulted in stress from the battle.
The military term was called ‘Battle Fatigue.’
Somme: Is the department of France, located in the north of the country, and named after the Somme River.
This was used in world war one when allied forced to break through Germanys lines that went for 25 miles, who were protecting the Somme River.
==> Alliance
==> Armistice
==> Entente
==> Lusitania
==> Propaganda
==> Shellshock
==> Somme
Alliance: a formal agreement between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. In WW1 Austria-Hungary and Germany had an agreement to fight on the same side.
Armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties. In world war one the world had an armistice in 1918.
Entente: an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern. After world war one Russia, France and the U.K. had a triple entente.
Lusitania: a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
Propaganda: the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc. In world war one the USA spread a rumor about German death camps, where people were executed.
Shell shock: a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences. Many soldiers could not fight due to the shell shock.
Somme: a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel. In world war one some of the battles were fought on this river.
Social Studies
Alliance-
An alliance is when two or more countries have an agreement; in this WWI Russia, Britain, France etc formed the Allies, and Germany, Turkey and Austria-Hungary formed the Central Powers.
Armistice-
A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms; so in WWI, it was important so the fighting countries over Flanders Field put a halt to the fighting so they can receive the dead soldiers bodies.
Entente-
an informal alliance between countries; so in WWI it was counties that chose a side but didn’t want to fight e.g Italy had an informal alliance to Germany but didn’t fight.
Lusitania-
The Lusitania was a British ship that fought in WWI, but was sunk by one
German Torpedo.
Propaganda-
Is information that is spread for purpose of promoting some cause; The armies would send messages to try to influence people to try and get them to donate money towards war funding or join the army.
Shellshock-
A mental disorder caused by active warfare or stress; soldiers got shell shock from being exposed to enemy fire etc.
Somme-
The battle of the Somme, (also known as he Somme offensive) was a battle fought from 1st of July to 18th of November 1916.
From Brandon =p
Alliance: a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
Armistice: a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce
Entente: an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
Lusitania: a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Shellshock: a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in action combat.
Somme: a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 mi. (241 km) long.
All these words are related to world war one. They are related because alliances were formed, armistices of agreement were formed, ententes were put together, and propagandas were used to help. Lusitania was a British liner that was sunk by a German submarine, Somme ( a river in France, flowing NW to the English Channel) had battles. People got shellshock from being engaged in combat.
Alliance: A group of nations joined in a formal agreement to advance common interests. Austria-Hungary had alliance with Germany and some more countries.
Armistice: The countries agree to stop fighting for a while . In World War One they agreed to take a break.
Entente: When two or more powers/governments agreed on action.
Kimberly Amreins work from 10Mej.
Alliance; Alliance means, the state of 2 countries coming together and becoming friends and stopping the war. This would be good in the war because some of the countries could become friends and stop the fighting.
Armistice; Armistice means a situation in a war where the parties agree to atop fighting.
Entente; Entente means the countries have verbal talk about the fighting.
Lusitanian;
KEY WORDS OF WORLD
WAR 1
Alliance: A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim. In World War 1 the Americans, Russians, Indians, New Zealanders, British, Australian, South African, Canadian and Japanese all were allied or in an alliance against the Central power.
Armistice: An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. In the world war 1 the central powers and the allied made an armistice to stop fighting in no mans land so each side could go out and retrieve there dead to give them a proper burial
Entente: The terms the Entente, The Triple Entente, The Entente powers, and The Entente Forces also referred to the Allies of World War 1, that is, powers opposed to the Central Powers in World War 1.
Lusitania: This was ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat on May 1915.
Propaganda: Is the manipulation of Public opinion. Hitler made the Germans think that Jews the scapegoat and should be punished for all the problems in Germany.
Shellshock: It was a time in World War 1 when everyone was stress from explosions from planes.
Somme: It was a place that all of the British infantry came to stay at one time in world war 1 so this is a unique place in the British military history.
• Alliance a formal agreement between two or more countries to work together as one. Austria-hungry had an agreement to work together with Germany and turkey to fight the other countries in WW1
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• Armistice a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms and have a truce. In world war one the world had a ceasefire to stop the fighting in 1918.
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. Entente a friendly understanding between political powers .an informal alliance between countries. When WW1 finished Russia, France and the Britain made a triple entente.
* Lusitanian a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
* Propaganda the deliberate spreading of such information rumors. America was spreading rumors about Germany saying that they had death camps and death executions
* Shellshock Tramatic Stress Disorder lots of soldiers turned crazy because of the gun shooting and bombings
• Somme: It’s a river in France, flowing NW to the England channel. In world war one some of the battles were fought on this river.
Alliance:
A close association of nations with common interests or causes
A formal agreement between nations. A treaty of friendship.
Armistice:
An armistice is the effective end of a war, when the warring parties agree to stop fighting.
Entente: An agreement between two or more governments or powers for cooperative action or policy. When governments come together and both agree on some rules.
Lusitania: British ocean liner sunk by a German submarine.
Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement,
Institution, nation, etc.
Shellshock: a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
Somme: The Battle of the Somme , also known as the Somme Offensive , fought from July to November 1916, was among the largest battles of the First World War.
By: Maata Finau