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What countries make up the Allied Powers in World War I?
What are Britain, France, Russia, and eventually USA
What was the main battlefield tactic used during World War I?
What is Trench Warfare.
Who won WWI? Central or Allies?
Who are the Allies.
What was the main export from the Belgian Congo that the Belgians wanted the most?
What is rubber.
What was the name of the heir to Austro-Hungarian thrown that was assassinated by Bosnian terrorist Gavrilo Princip prior to World War I?
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What does the I in MAIN stand for? How did it lead to starting World War I?
I = Imperialism. Imperialism lead to WWI because of the competition of nations to have the largest empires. Germany had the least amount of territories, leading to insecurity.
This term refers to when both sides are unable to move forward or declare victory in battle, leading both sides to stay in place.
What is a Stalemate.
What are 3 similarities between Spanish Flu and COVID?
Both disrupted the World Economy, both had masks, both had quarantine and discouraged large social gatherings, spread of misinformation, etc.
What happened at the Berlin Conference?
What does the A in MAIN stand for?
What is Alliances.
What does the M in MAIN stand for? How does it lead to World War I?
M = Militarism. It lead to World War I because Germany felt surrounded leading to a military build-up. In response, other countries did the same, leading to a rise in tensions.
The area between the two trenches is referred to as what?
What is No Man's Land.
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles?
To Punish Germany for starting WWI.
What was the purpose of the Scramble for Africa? (AKA what did the Europeans most want from Africa?)
Couple answers: (1) they wanted land/colonies to show power and superiority over other countries, (2) wanted to exploit the continent for its resources and people, (3) they wanted to "civilize" Africa for race based reasons.
What is the vocab term that refers to an agreement to stop fighting a war?
What is an Armistice.
Which countries make up the Central Powers during World War I?
Who are Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Ottoman Empire
Describe the conditions of World War I battlefields. Describe what you might see or experience on a World War I battlefield
Possible answers: Dirty, lots of dead bodies, rats, barbed wire, tanks and other weapons all around, dead horses, no trees, muddy, etc.
What are three differences between Spanish Flu and COVID?
Different symptoms, different starting spot, Spanish Flu more deadly, access to modern medicine, affected different age ranges, etc.
What are three different resources that European colonizers wanted from Africa?
What are rubber, gold, diamonds, silver, ports, ivory, oil, other minerals, etc.
This term refers to the use of a variety of communication techniques in order to get the audience to act, think, or react in a certain way.
What is propaganda.
How did the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the straw that broke the camels back) lead to starting World War I?
What is the Assassination lead the countries in the two alliances to all declare war on each other. Austria declared war on Bosnia, Russia declared war on Austria, and so on and so forth.
What are two new weapons used during World War I and how did they change WWI battlefields?
Responses will vary...
What are two of the punishments Germany had do because of the Treaty of Versailles?
What are take blame for starting the war, pay millions of dollars in reparations, had to give up land and their colonies in Africa, minimize the size of their army, navy, air force and amount of weapons.
Describe what happened in the Congo during Belgian Colonial Rule?
Answers will vary.
Name two of the 5 propaganda techniques and explain how they were used to influence the people of their country.
What Are: Patriotic, Homefront, Bandwagon, Emotional, and Fear Propaganda.