| A | B |
| Western Front | Germany’s western line of conflict |
| The Great War | the war to end all wars |
| reparations | payment for war damages |
| pacifist | a person who is against war under any circumstance |
| neutral | trying to avoid involvement in conflicts |
| mobilization | the assembling and making ready for active service in war |
| stalemate | a situation in which no action can be taken |
| no man’s land | a stretch of ground between opposing trenches |
| doughboys | Yankee or American soldiers |
| armistice | a cessation of war |
| self-determination | the right of people of a certain nation to decide how they want to be governed |
| Lusitania | British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915 |
| Treaty of Versailles | consisted of 14 points from Woodrow Wilson, including the establishing of the League of Nations |
| Big Four | Britain, Italy, United States and France |
| alliances | union of nations joined by a common cause |