Vocabulary
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire formed this alliance group.
Who were the Central Powers?
This country was an ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary prior to the war, but ended up fighting against them with the Allies instead.
What is Italy?
The area of land in between opposing trenches. It is filled with obstacles such as barbed wire and land mines.
What is No Man's Land?
The US joined WW1 in this year.
What is 1917?
Treaty that officially ended the First World War with Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group
Who were the Triple Entente?
The "powder keg" that sparked the start of "The Great War"
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary?
Majority of key battles on the Western Front were fought in this country.
What is France?
This was the major difference between warfare on the Eastern Front versus the Western Front
What is the Eastern Front had military mobility while the Western Front was mostly trench warfare?
Organization formed after WWI to promote peace and to settle disputes peacefully instead of going to war.
What is the League of Nations?
Complete mobilization of a nation's resources and people, including unrestriction of weapons used and collateral damage of civilians and infrastructures
What is Total War?
This led to a "domino effect" of European nations participating in World War I.
What are alliances between countries?
The ______________ Plan by Germany breached the neutrality of __________________. (2) Answers
What is Schlieffen and Belgium?
This uprising led to Russia pulling out of World War I.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
President Wilson proposed this peace proposal to prevent future wars
What is the Fourteen Points?
An agreement to cease hostilities and stop fighting
What is an armistice?
What is Serbia?
A deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other. Also, a chess term to describe a player having no legal moves.
What is a stalemate?
The day an armistice was created and ended the fighting of World War I.
What is November 11th, 1918?
These new countries in Europe formed at the conclusion of World War I. (List 4)
What are Ireland, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania?
War based on wearing down the other side with constant attacks and heavy loses
What is a War of Attrition?
(2) reasons that led to the buildup of World War I
What is MAIN? Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism?
This temporary peace led to soldiers from both sides of the trenches spending time together in No Man's Land and playing soccer
What is the Christmas Truce of 1914?
New technologies that made war more deadly (List 3)
What are: Tanks, long range artillery, submarines, poison gas, airplanes, flame throwers, machine guns, and grenades
Conditions of Article 231 in the Treaty of Versailles made Germany hesitate to sign the treaty. (2) two answers
What is held Germany responsible for the war and required them to pay $55 Billion in reparations?