What is militarism, imperialism, nationalism, alliance system
100
The land between the two trenches was known as this.
What is no man's land?
100
To mobilize enough men to fight WWI, the US created the what?
What is the Selective Service Act?
100
Why do people call WWI the first modern war?
What is applying the technology of mass production and machines to war and killing.
100
What killed more people across the world than the first world war?
What is the flu epidemic of 1918?
200
Which nation was the most militarist in the buildup to WWI?
What is Germany?
200
Name 3 dangers (besides death) that a soldier faced living in the trenches.
What is man-eating rats, trenchfoot, diseases.
200
How many Americans fought in WWI?
What is 5 million?
200
Name 4 new weapons used during WWI.
What is the tank, airplane, poison gas, and flamethrowers.
200
Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts passed during the war, you could get a ten year prison sentence just for speaking out about what?
What is speaking out against the war?
300
List 3 major countries in both military alliances (the Central Powers and the Allie.)
What is Turkey, Austria, Germany, and France, Britain, Russia, Serbia?
300
The trenches were nearly how many miles long from end to end?
What is 500 miles?
300
Describe the impact of WWI on women in America?
What is new job opportunities and the 19th Amendment?
300
The first airplanes used in WWI were used for what purpose?
What is reconnaissance or surveying.
300
The nation that suffered the most casualties, lost the most territory, and wasn't even invited to the Treaty of Versailles part?
What is Russia?
400
Why was the Archduke assassinated?
What is in order to destabilize the Austrian empire by leaving the throne empty.
400
In memory of one horrible battle, Europeans wore what flower on Armistice Day (now called Veterans Day in America) to commemorate the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives?
What is the poppy?
400
How did the government interfere in the US economy during the war?
What is converting factories from producing consumer goods to wartime goods.
400
Tanks were designed to break through what?
What is barbed wire strung across No Man's Land?
400
When was the armistice (or cease fire) declared for WWI? (What time of what day, of what month and year)?
What is 11 o'clock on November 11, 1918.
500
Where was the Archduke assassinated?
What is Sarajevo, Bosnia?
500
Another body part that could get infected with bacteria similar to trench foot was?
What is trench mouth?
500
To conserve fuel for the troops fighting the war, the government took what step?
What is daylight savings time?
500
Machine guns could fire how many rounds per minute?
What is 600 rounds?
500
What movie set were parts of Frankenstein filmed on?