Causes
What is "the building up of a strong military."
In what year did WWI begin?
What is "1914"
What is an alliance?
What is "countries coming together to form a team and work together."
How did trench warfare contribute to large numbers of casualties during World War I?
What is "Trenches bred diseases which were easily spread in confined spaces."
This was Woodrow Wilson's plan for the peace after WWI
Define alliance and provide one example.
What is "countries coming together and acting as a team and helping one another in times of need and war."
Examples include the triple alliance, triple entente, etc.
When did WWI end?
What is "1918'
These countries formed the triple alliance
What is "Germany, Austria Hungary and Italy"
Which nation's actions caused the United States to enter WWI?
What is "Germany"
What was the significance of machine guns, poisonous gas, U-boats, airplanes and tanks in WWI?
What is "They were all new technologies during WWI and made warfare even more deadly."
Define imperialism and provide one example.
What is "stronger countries taking over weaker countries."
What stance did the United States take at the beginning of the war?
what is "Isolationism"
What countries made up the Triple Entente?
What is "England, France and Russia"
This was the area between the two trenches during WWI
What is "no man's land"
This group was established after WWI to keep peace in Europe and prevent future world conflicts.
What is "The League of Nations"
Define nationalism and provide one example.
What is "having a strong sense of pride in ones country."
This stopped enemy advances on the battle field, and led to trench warfare.
What is "machine guns"
The central powers were
What is "Germany, Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire"
Military technology at the start of the war in 1914 made World War One the deadliest war in history to date. Which weapons and/or technologies caused this rapid increase in wartime deaths?
What is "machine guns, submarines and heavy artillery."
What action on November 11, 1918 - at 11:00 A. M. - brought World War I to an end?
What is "an armistice was signed, beginning peace negotiations."
What was the spark that officially led to the start of World War I? (Must answer follow up questions that I have.)
The assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand. He was the heir to the throne. He was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip in the city of Sarajevo.
In what year did the United States finally join the war? Why?
What is "1917. Because German U-boats sank the Lusitania which killed 128 American's."
Why is the formation of an alliance so important?
What is "so countries have others to lean on and work with in times of need and war."
What was trench warfare intended to accomplish
What is...
1. To protect soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines.
2. To trap enemy soldiers in mud pits on the front lines.
3. To force enemy soldiers to pass through no man's land.
What is the purpose of the League of Nations at the end of World War I?
What is "to create a peacekeeping organization"