Causes
A union formed between countries for shared benefit
What is an alliance?
The war had many of these dug all over the battlefield, sometimes for miles and miles
What are trenches?
The year the war began, ended, and when the U.S. entered
1914-1918
1917
The president of USA during World War I
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
The name of the treaty that ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Loyalty and pride in your nation or people and can be accompanied by feelings of superiority over other nations.
What is nationalism?
Name some of the conditions soldiers faced in the trenches
Disease
Rats
Lice
Trench foot
Boredom
The countries that made up the Triple Alliance (later the Central Powers)
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire?
Great Britain, France, Russia
Who were the Triple Entente?
The country that wanted Germany to pay the most
What is France?
A belief that a strong military force should be kept and used aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
What is militarism?
The area of land in between opposing trenches
What is No Man's Land?
The event that ignited World War I
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Germany committed this act of war, which angered the U.S. (and why!)
Germany's U-boats (submarines) sunk passenger ships, cargo ships, and battleships, killing people and interrupting trade
About how many soldiers died in the war
What is 8 million?
A system where a powerful nation controls and exploits one or more colonies and tries to expand its spheres of influence.
What is imperialism?
Name 3 new weapons that emerged during World War I
Machine guns
Tanks
Planes
Which of the causes of World War I was linked to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Russia because Germany was already at war with Russia?
Alliances
The final straw that led to USA entering World War I
The Zimmerman Telegram - Germany reached out to Mexico to get them on their side should the U.S. enter the war
Name some of the conditions placed on Germany in the treaty after they lost the war
Reparations
No airforce
Limit army
Limit navy