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100
This person was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand. This event is considered an immediate cause of World War 1.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
These three countries were part of the Triple Entente.
What are France, Britain, and Russia?
100
The discovery of this message by British Intelligence between Germany and Mexico helped to tip the scales in getting America to join the Allies in the war.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
100
First used in World War I, these were used to observe enemy locations from above and later for dropping bombs on troops and cities.
What are airplanes?
100
An agreement to end fighting.
What is an armistice?
200
A teenage Serbian militant who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Trained by the terrorist group, the Black Hand, this teenager's actions is considered to be the opening shot of World War I.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
200
The alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and later the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
What is the Triple Alliance?
200
The sinking of this ship was an important event in World War I. The death of so many innocent civilians at the hands of the Germans galvanized American support for entering the war, which eventually turned the tide in favor of the Allies
What is the Lusitania?
200
These armored vehicles were first introduced in World War I and were used to cross "No Man's Land" between trenches.
What are tanks?
200
A situation where each side tries to wear down the other by constant attacks.
What is a war of attrition?
300
The Russian Tsar who committed Russia to the defense of Serbia when Serbia was attacked by Austria.
Who is Nicholas II?
300
Germany asked this country to ally with them and then they would help them reconquer New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
What is Mexico?
300
In the midst of war and fighting, soldiers along the western front stopped fighting in an unofficial cease fire on Christmas.
What is the Christmas Truce?
300
These large guns were improved during World War I, including anti-aircraft guns to shoot down enemy plans. The majority of casualties in the war were inflicted with this type of weapon. Some of these guns could launch shells nearly 80 miles.
What is artillery?
300
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
What is propaganda?
400
The president of the United States for the entire period of the war. During the first half of the war he maintained a strictly neutral position but was later forced to change his position when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare and the American public was scandalized by the infamous Zimmerman telegram.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
400
This country gives an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What is Austria-Hungary?
400
The longest and one of the deadliest battles of the war, lasting from February 21 to December 18, 1916. Germany, hoping to wear France down by a war of attrition and inflict large numbers of casualties, assaulted this fortified town, which blocked the German forces’ path to Paris. The battle ended without a clear victor, despite the deaths of more than 650,000 soldiers.
What is the Battle of Verdun?
400
World War I saw the introduction of this type of weapons that used deadly gas to poison troops starting with chlorine gas and later developing mustard gas.
What are chemical weapons?
400
The nickname for US soldiers in World War I.
What is a Doughboy?
500
The German foreign minister responsible for the 1917 telegram, which attempted to coerce Mexico into attacking the United States.
Who is Arthur Zimmerman?
500
When this country invaded NEUTRAL Belgium it is considered the first act of World War I.
What is Germany?
500
On July 1, 1916, even as the fight was still raging at Verdun, Allied Powers launched an offensive of their own along a twenty-five-mile front that extended across both banks of the river this battle is named after. During this four-and-a-half-month battle, the Allies managed to make a small advance of only six miles, at a cost of 146,000 lives. The German death toll was 164,000.
What is the Battle of Somme?
500
This weapon was used by the German Army on the western front in order to force the enemy out of their trenches.
What are flamethrowers?
500
A German military plan, formulated in 1905, that addressed how Germany should handle the threat of a war on two fronts with Russia and France.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
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