World War I Beginnings
This is the event that occured at Sarajevo and provided the "spark" that started WWI.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The land between trenches is referred to as...
This country officially joined World War I in 1917.
What is the United States?
The area in between trenches is referred to as
What is "No man's land"
Most of the fighting in WWI took place in these TWO countries
What is France and Belgium?
Refers to an arms race. For instance, the Germans spent the most money building up their military forces before WWI and it made other countries nervous.
What is militarism
Don't be a Led Head! This new technology was a type of rigid airship used during World War I as both bombers and scouts.
What is a "Zeppelin?"
The sinking of this British ship by a u-boat contributed to the Americans joining WWI.
What is the Lusitania
Many of the battles of WWI ended in this, which basically means no one won.
What is a stalemate
This was one of the bloodiest battles of WWI with over 60,000 casualties in a matter of a couple hours.
What is the Battle of the Somme
This is known as a deep love of one's country and generally leads people to believe that their country should be free from the control of others. Which ultimately was one of the main causes of WWI.
What is nationalism
The advent and use of the machine gun during WWI led to this type of warfare
What is trench warfare
What did the government use to encourage people to contribute to the war effort? In other words, how did they get people to join the army and help on the Homefront?
Choices: Selective Service Act, Espionage Act, Propaganda
What is propaganda?
This document is responsible for ending WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
They were subject to death at any time as well as diseases such as dysentery, could develop trench foot, and subject to lice. Fighting in these can be described as a terrible experience.
What are the trenches?
The use of this, known as chemical warfare, first became popular during WWI
What is gas such as chlorine or mustard gas.
Prior to World War I, U.S. public opinion about the war fell into one of three main groups. What were the three groups?
What are Isolationists, Interventionists, and Internationalists?
Who were the Big Three (Allied) countries?
What is America, France, and Great Britain?
Name THREE of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
1. Open Diplomacy
2. Freedom of the Seas
3. Reduction of Armaments
Refers to an agreement between two or more countries. Name the two of these that existed in Europe and what countries were associated with one another.
What is an alliance or alliance system. Allies- France, Great Britain, Russia (later the US). Central Powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
This was one of the deadliest weapons of the war and accounted for nearly one third of the deaths. It had extremely harmful effects including blistering of the skin, suffocation, blindness, and even death.
What is poison gas
What is neutral?
Following WWI, the Allies believed that Germany should pay ____________ for their war damages.
What are reparations?
What is the name of the filmmaker who produced the movie "War Horse" in 2011?
Hint: E.T. PHONE HOME!
Who is Steven Speilberg?