____ had by far the largest global empire and brought by far the biggest number of troops to Europe.
What is Britain?
100
The country whose strategy was to heavily man
the front lines, keeping few troops in reserve
What is Russia?
100
A debilitating psychological problem faced by soldiers.
What is “shell shock”
100
First country to break from the war
What is Russia?
200
A young group of reformist and nationalist Turkish army
officers
What are the “Young Turks”
200
Country that brought Germany’s Asian empire to an end
What is Japan?
200
Germany's offensive became known in Russia as ____
What is the “Great Retreat?
200
German attackers brought a new weapon—the flamethrower—and a new asphyxiating phosgene gas.
What is the Battle of Verdun?
200
Empress Alexandra's country of origin
What is Germany?
300
Country which hoped that the Muslim Ottoman Empire would lead a global uprising of Muslims against their imperial overlords.
What is Germany?
300
When the government introduced conscription
in 1917, it faced strong opposition in this Canadian province.
What is Quebec?
300
Cossack units at the front were allowed to beat, loot, and kill this ethnic group
What are Jews?
300
French Premier Aristide Briand insisted that it was
important to hold this city to keep the morale of the
population high
What is Verdun?
300
Murdered by Grand Duke Dmitrii Pavlovich, and the son of the wealthiest aristocrat in Russia
Who is Rasputin?
400
The first great Ottoman victory
What is the Battle of Gallipoli?
400
The year that the Royal Australian Flying Corps was created
What is 1914?
400
____ had a secret agreement with the Allies that was signed in March 1915 to give them control of the Straits and the Turkish capital Istanbul (Constantinople) at the end of a victorious war.
What is Russia?
400
Recognized Irish independence
What is the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921?
400
It declared to the world that Russia had no intention to continue fighting
What is the Decree on Peace?
500
The Young Turks showed their preference for the Central Powers in the first days of the war by giving
refuge to two German warships
What is the Goeben and the Breslau?
500
Agitation for more rights and autonomy grew and led to the _____, which promised greater Indian participation in government.
What is the Montagu Declaration of August 1917?
500
The British used chlorine gas for the first time
(largely unsuccessfully), and more successfully used
airplanes to locate targets for artillery and to conduct
the first successful tactical bombing raids in history.
What is the Third Battle of Artois?
500
According to British military historian John Keegan, “it was and would remain their greatest military tragedy of the
twentieth century, indeed of their national military
history.”