Country Involvement
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire formed this alliance group.
Who were the Central Powers or Triple Alliance
A union formed between countries for shared benefit. A partnership.
What is an alliance?
What year did World War I end?
What was 1918
A fictional character created by the U.S. government to encourage men to join the Army.
Who is Uncle Sam
Who was the most famous pilot during WW1 who shot down 80 enemy planes?
Red Baron/ Manfred Von Richtofen
France, Great Britain, Russia formed this alliance group.
Who were the Allied Powers/Triple Entente.
political ideology promoting loyalty and pride in one's cultural group, sometimes accompanied by feelings of superiority over other groups.
What is Nationalism?
Name the 2 reasons the U.S. got involved in WW1.
What is 1. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.
2. Zimmerman Telegram
The treaty that ended the First World War in Europe; it put harsh rules on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These weapons increased the intensity of the war. Three of them include:
What are: (Tanks, long range artillery, submarines, poison gas, war planes, machine guns, grenades)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a prince who was assassinated. What country was he the prince of?
What is Austria Hungary
a deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other
What is a stalemate?
A British cruise-liner with 128 Americans on it- torpedoed by a German submarine.
What is the Lusitania?
Who was the United States President during WW1?
Who is Woodrow Wilson
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: One person from each group, tell me what you would like to bet on this question. You can bet as much as you would like as long as it is equal to or less than your current points.
The League of Nations
This country was an ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary prior to the war, but ended up fighting against them when war broke out and they were part of the Allied Powers instead.
What is Italy?
Information produced by governments, presented in such a way as to inspire and spread certain beliefs or opinions to show support in the war effort or harm the war effort.
What is propaganda?
A note from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the US but it was intercepted before it reached Mexico.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
What group was Gavrillo Princip a member of? OR what country was he from?
What is the Black Hand
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Serbia
WW1 started in 1914. When did the U.S. join the war?
What is 1917?
Which country pulled out of World War I in 1917?
What is Russia
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?
To help pay for the war, the US government encouraged people to buy these.
What are war bonds
After the war and with the Treay of Versailles, which country was forced to assume total responsibility for the war?
What is Germany
What is the meaning of the phrase, "On ne passe pas!" and what was the context behind it?
They shall not pass / The battle of Verdun