What is the social climate of excitement, especially in Germany, just prior to the start of WW1
100
What is total warfare?
What is a war in which countries engage in the COMPLETE MOBILIZATION of all available resources and population for their war efforts
100
What front is trench warfare most commonly associated with?
What is the western front
100
What is propaganda?
What is a specific message designed to influence the opinions and/or behaviors of people.
100
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
What is President of the United States that brought the U.S. into the war.
200
What happened on July 28, 1914?
What is Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
200
What was the Defense of the Realm Act?
What is it gave the British government more power during WW1. It is the act that put Britain into total warfare
200
Describe the Christmas Truce.
What is a series of ceasefires along the Western Front in which soldiers joined together, sang, and played games.
200
What does a large black eagle represent AND where is it usually seen?
What is Germany in German propaganda posters.
200
What was the Hundred Days Offensive?
What is the Allied troops (with the newly added U.S. troops) mount a huge offensive against Germany. It results in the Germans being pushed back to the Hindenburg Line.
300
Who murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What is Gavrilo Princip
300
What characteristic of total warfare did the poem, "Five Souls" depict?
What is little difference amongst the experiences of combatants and civilians in every country involved
300
Describe three different technological advancements crucial to WW1
What is machine guns, poison gas, depth charges, rail guns, tanks, flamethrowers, sonar, blimps, aircrafts, wireless communication
300
Why is the Battle of Verdun considered a turning point in WW1?
What is it was very symbolic for the French because their separated defeat of the Germans showed their strength and unity.
300
What was the League of Nations AND what created it?
What is an international organization to prevent future wars and it was created by the Treaty of Versailles
400
Describe the ideological difference between the Old Order and the New Order
What is
Old Order = monarchies that still remained
New Order = newer, more democratic governments and constitutional monarchies
400
Name three characteristics of total warfare.
What is able to happen because of the IR,
government takes over,
encouraged by propaganda,
little difference in experiences amongst civilians and combatants in every country involved,
women were depended upon,
civilians became targets
400
Why was there a stalemate amongst trenches along the Western Front?
What is the trenches were designed to "play defense." They were designed to be more permanent structures which made "playing offense" almost like suicide.
400
What country used "Gospel of the Clean Plate" AND what does it mean?
What is American propaganda slogan that promoted efforts to save food.
400
Describe the two main reasons the U.S. entered WW1.
What is the Zimmerman Note and Unrestricted Warfare by Germany. Zimmerman notes was a message the U.S. intercepted from Germany to Mexico trying to ally with Mexico against the U.S. Unrestricted warfare was when the Germans kept sinking ships in unrestricted zones which ended up sinking the Lusitania.
500
What does Entente Cordiale stand for?
What is Friendly Understanding - the alliance between Britain and France
500
Describe the Armenian Genocide
What is Turkish government didn't trust Christian Armenia to not ally with Russia so they declared a "holy war" on Christians. One to two million Armenians were killed. Turkey denies it ever happened.
500
Describe at least three conditions of the trenches during WW1
What is mud, water, trench foot, rats, lice, trench fever, open latrines, rotting bodies
500
Who were referred to as Huns AND why was it bad to refer to them as Huns?
What is Germans were referred to as Huns by enemy propaganda posters. To call Germans Huns was to associate them with a barbarian past of invading Roman territories.
500
Name at least three consequences Germany had to accept in the Treaty of Versailles.
What is
Germany takes full blame of WW1,
Germany has to pay reparations to the Allies,
German military is greatly restricted,
Germany loses its overseas colonies,
Germany loses land to other countries