Causes of WWI
Glorification of the military and competition for power.
Militarism
This occurred along the Western front preventing either side from gaining an advantage.
Stalemate
Why did Europe involve their colonies in the war?
Needed more soldiers and supplies.
Name of the treaty that ended WWI.
Competition for overseas territory, raw materials, and new markets
Imperialism
This type of technology caused the stalemate and use of Trench Warfare along the Western Front.
Machine Gun
Why did Japan join the war?
To gain Europe's favor. To establish their own empire by keeping Germany territories.
Country that was required to take all the blame for the war and pay back the allied powers.
Germany
Different nations ally with each other for mutual protection.
Alliance
What was one problem faced by soldiers in the trenches?
- Trenches were unsanitary, filled with rats, lice, and other vermin
- trenches were wet, leading to soggy clothes and trenchfoot
- between the trenches was a deadly open space called "no man's land"
What was the Gallipoli Campaign?
Britain fought the Ottomans to gain access to Russia for supply lines.
What was Vladimir Lenin's promise to the Russian people?
Peace, Land and Bread
A pride in one's country and culture.
Nationalism
What is one new technology that was created to end the stalemate?
Tanks, U boats, Planes, Chemical Warfare, Machine Gun
How did the Chinese help on the war front?
They cleaned tanks, collected bodies from no man land, built ammunitions
President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points created this organization to keep world peace.
The League of Nations
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the Christmas Truce?
Along the western front German and British soldiers stopped fighting and celebrated Christmas together.
This message sent between Germany and Mexico brought the US into WWI.
The Zimmerman Telegram
What was the event called when Lenin overthrew the Russian Provisional Government?
October Revolution