Causes
Battles
Alliances
Military Strategy
100
This cause refers to a feeling of unity within a country.
What is nationalism
100
A theatre of WWI, battles here took place near the border of Russia and Germany
What is the Eastern Front
100
Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and eventually the United States formed this alliance.
What is the Allied Powers
100
Chlorine vapors are used in this type of weaponry that Wilfred Owen remarked upon in Dulce Et Decorum Est.
What is gas and chemical warfare
200
This cause refers to how Europe balanced power with relationships between countries. AKA Friendship
What are alliance systems
200
Beginning in February of 1916 and lasting for at least half a year, this was the bloodiest battle of WWI.
What is the Battle of Verdun
200
Before WWI, Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary joined in this alliance
What is the Triple Alliance
200
This automatic ballistic weapon that appeared in WWI was much more destructive than the bolt action rifle.
What is the machine gun
300
This cause involves armament and the building up of any army.
What is militarism
300
A theatre of WWI, battles in France and near its border with Germany took place here.
What is the Western Front
300
Before WWI, Russia, Great Britain, and France joined in this French-named alliance.
What is the Triple Entente
300
New to WWI, this type of warfare resulted in a stalemate on the western front, and saw soldiers develop a crippling podiatric disease.
What is Trench Warfare
400
This cause refers the building of an empire and domination of a stronger country over a weaker country.
What is imperialism
400
Taking place in September 1914, the Allies stopped German progress into France in this battle.
What is The Battle of Marne
400
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire comprised the major players in this WWI alliance.
What is the Central Powers
400
Also known as a German submarine, this type of vessel sunk the Lusitania.
What is a U-Boat
500
Taking place in June 1914, this event led to an Austrian ultimatum, which Serbia rejected, and it sparked The Great War.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
Occurring on the Eastern Front in August 1914, this was one of the first battles of the war and it claimed nearly all of the Russian 2nd Army.
What is The Battle of Tannenburg
500
These countries, Switzerland being an example, did not join a side during WWI.
What are neutral countries
500
Developed by a German general, this military strategy planned for a quick German invasion of France through Belgium.
What is the Schlieffen Plan
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