Causes
This man was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
President of the United States during this time.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This weapon can fire over one hundred rounds (bullets) in less than a minute
What is a machine gun?
A battle plan that was designed to prevent a two-front war for Germany, instead brought England and France onto the "Western Front" to defend Belgium.
What is the Schleiffen Plan?
People in Germany, Austria, Britain, and the USA who gained suffrage rights due to their war efforts
Who are women?
This region was referred to as the "Powder Keg of Europe."
What is The Balkans?
Name of the terrorist who killed the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
This kind of battle tactic almost directly resulted in a stalemate.
What is Trench Warfare?
The first country to allow women to serve on the front lines of combat.
What is Russia?
The document that gave Asian nationalists the belief that they would receive their independence post WWI?
What is The Fourteen Points?
The term coined by Herbert Spencer used to defend Western Imperialism
What is Social Darwinism?
Which country mobilized their troops first, setting the war into motion
What is Russia?
Chemical Warfare resulted in the mass production of these defense mechanisms.
What are gas masks?
During the war, countries mobilized for "Total War." Many governments assumed control over the economy and its policies, a term known as ___________________.
What is war socialism?
British and French created secret and conflicting agreements with Arabs and Jews regarding the sovereignty of this land, setting the stage for the enduring struggle in the Middle East.
What is Palestine?
First name for the alliance between France, Britain and Russia.
What is the Triple Entente?
Event in 1914 that led to a temporary truce in the fighting on the Western Front.
What is Christmas?
Tracked, armored fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat - first used by the British in World War I
What are tanks?
After the war, countries such as France tried to encourage childbearing to replace the millions lost in the war, resulting in the creation of this holiday.
What is Mother's Day?
In 1918, what killed more people than all of the casualties -- soldiers and civilians -- in the Great War itself?
What is the Flu Pandemic?
City where the assassination took place which set off the events leading to WWI.
What is Sarajevo?
This was the longest battle in the war, and resulted in over 1/2 million casualties. In the first 5 weeks, German soldiers were killed at a rate of 1 every 45 seconds.
What is the Battle of Verdun?
When stalemate erupted on the Western Front, Germans turned to using this naval technology.
What are submarines ("U-Boats")?
The discovery of this brought the United States into the war in 1917.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This country massacred 1 million Christian Armenians during the war, in the first modern-day genocide.
Who is the Ottoman Empire?