Life of Solider in WW1
This is where many soldiers lived and fought on the Western Front.
What are trenches?
This country controlled a large part of North and West Africa, including Algeria.
What is France?
This is an economic system where businesses are privately owned for profit.
What is capitalism?
This is a large airship filled with gas that flies in the sky.
What is a zeppelin?
Industrialized nations needed this to power their factories and economies.
What are raw materials?
Before going to war, soldiers did “drill before breakfast.” and some trained in England.
What kind of training did soldiers complete before fighting?
This European country controlled Egypt and wanted control of the Suez Canal.
What is Great Britain?
Industrialized countries wanted these two things from other parts of the world: raw materials and new places to sell goods.
What are resources and markets?
This country used zeppelins during World War I.
What is Germany?
Countries took over land in Africa and Asia to gain resources and markets.
What is imperialism?
This sickness was caught by soldiers in the Dardanelles.
What is dysentery?
This country controlled the Congo and was ruled by King Leopold II.
What is Belgium?
Some critics believed businesses supported war because selling these items was very profitable.
What are weapons and military supplies?
Zeppelins were used to drop these on enemy cities.
What are bombs?
This economic system encouraged private businesses to compete for profit and new markets.
What is capitalism?
This was the last train stop before soldiers went to the battlefield.
What is a railhead?
These two African countries remained independent during most of the Scramble for Africa.
What are Ethiopia and Liberia?
After World War I, this country was forced to pay heavy war costs under the Treaty of Versailles and suffered severe economic problems.
What is Germany?
Zeppelins were filled with this highly flammable gas.
What is hydrogen?
Industrialized countries needed new places to sell their goods.
What are markets?
This number of men from the Audit Office died in WWI.
What is 17?
The seven main European powers involved in the Scramble for Africa.
Who were Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Spain?
This country was the main economic “winner” of World War I.
What is the United States?
Zeppelins were often used to bomb this country’s cities, including London.
What is Britain?
Countries believed becoming more powerful and building empires would make them stronger than their rivals.
What is competition between nations?