Causes of WWI
$100 Question: This assassination in 1914 helped start World War I.
Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
$100 Question: Germany and Austria-Hungary were part of this alliance.
Answer: Central Powers
$100 Question: The empty battlefield between opposing trenches.
Answer: No Man’s Land
$100 Question: German submarines that attacked ships.
Answer: U-boats
$100 Question: The agreement that stopped fighting on November 11, 1918.
Answer: Armistice
$200 Question: The system where countries promised to defend each other.
Answer: Alliances
$200 Question: Britain, France, and Russia were part of this alliance.
Answer: Allied Powers
$200 Question: This disease affected soldiers’ feet from standing in wet trenches.
Answer: Trench Foot
$200 Question: This passenger ship sinking angered Americans.
Answer: Lusitania
$200 Question: The treaty that officially ended World War I.
Answer: Treaty of Versailles
$300 Question: The belief that strong armies and military power should be built up.
Answer: Militarism
$300 Question: This country declared war on Serbia after the assassination.
Answer: Austria-Hungary
$300 Question: This weapon made charging across trenches extremely deadly.
Answer: Machine Gun
$300 Question: This secret message asked Mexico to join Germany against the U.S.
Answer: Zimmermann Telegram
$300 Question: Money Germany was forced to pay after the war was called____?
Answer: Reparations
$400 Question: Competition among nations for colonies and territory.
Answer: Imperialism
$400 Question: This country joined the Allies later in the war in 1917.
Answer: United States
$400 Question: Poisonous clouds used to attack enemy soldiers.
Answer: Poison Gas
$400 Question: The year the United States entered WWI.
Answer: 1917
$400 Question: The clause forcing Germany to accept blame for the war was called______.
Answer: War Guilt Clause
$500 Question: Strong pride and loyalty to one's nation that helped fuel WWI.
Answer: Nationalism
$500 Question: This empire collapsed after WWI and once controlled much of the Middle East.
Answer: Ottoman Empire
$500 Question: This new armored vehicle helped break the trench stalemate.
Answer: Tank
$500 Question: The U.S. president during World War I.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
$500 Question: The international organization Woodrow Wilson proposed to prevent future wars was.
Answer: League of Nations