Causes
Which event "started" WWI
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
President of the United States during the war.
Woodrow Wilson
This weapon can fire over one hundred bullets in a minute
Machine gun
Germany had to fight two fronts called?
Eastern and Western Front
Treaty that officially ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
A competition between countries to build up the biggest, deadliest, most advanced militaries.
Militarism
Fighting from these miles-long ditches often resulted in a stalemate (unbreakable tie).
Trenches
An organization created by the Treaty of Versailles pushed for by Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Revolution that took place in Russia during the war.
Bolshevik/Communist/Russian Revolution
Chemical warfare (poison gas) resulted in production of these defense items
Gas masks
Germany had to pay $33 billion in war __________.
Reparations
How did so many countries get sucked into WWI?
Competing alliances where allies all promised to go to war for each other
Year the Treaty of Versailles was signed
1919
Armored fighting vehicle with large guns first used by the British in World War I
Tanks
Why did Russia leave the war in 1917?
Because of the Revolution
Name one of the territories taken from Germany after the war
Alsace-Lorraine, the Rhineland, German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Togoland, German New Guinea
Competition to gain the most colonies so their resources can be used to make money and build power.
Imperialism
New types of ships which could shoot missiles called torpedoes
Submarines/U-boats
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace was called?
Fourteen Points
Name of the government in Germany after WWI and before the Nazis
Weimar Republic