WWI Technology
This weapon fires up to 500 rounds per minute
What is a machine gun?
Competition over colonies led to rivalries and resentments among the European powers
What is Imperialism?
Soldiers dug these defensive positions all along the western front
What is a Trench?
Also known as conscription or selective service this is the process of selecting young men to fight in the armed forces
What is a draft?
Name of the British passanger ship sunk by German Submarines off the coast of Ireland. The ship had 135 Americans on board
What is the Lusitania?
Mostly used for reconnaissance in WWI this new technology would become a vital part of warfare throughout the rest of the century
What is an Airplane?
He was assassinated in Sarajevo with his wife Sophie which sparked WWI
Who is Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand?
This is the space between enemy lines
What is No Man's Land?
fighting for the right to vote
What is suffrage?
This treaty ended WWI at the 11 hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Developed by the British the first model was made from a tractor
What is a tank?
The glorification and build up of arms
What is Militarism?
A temporary peace agreement to end fighting
What is an Armistice?
This country switched sides during the First World War
What is Italy?
What is Mexico?
This technology could hit a target from more than 10 miles away
What is artillery?
The nations that made up the Triple Alliance
What are Germany, Austria Hungary, and Italy?
This was an infection of the feet caused by caused by cold, wet, and unsanitary conditions
What is Trench Foot?
This nation remained Neutral for a majority of the war
What is the United States?
This German war balloon flew high in the sky and dropped bombs on allied cities
What is a Zeppelin?
What is a U-boat?
This member of the black hand was responsible for assassinating the Arch Duke of Austria Hungary
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
The name of the plan for Germany to attack France through Belgium and defeat the French before heading East to fight the Russians
What is the Schleiffen Plan?
This is the reason Russia drops out of the war
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
Germany was blamed for the war and had to pay these to allied powers
What are reparations?