causes of WWI
Pride and devotion to one’s country that increased tensions
what is nationalism
Long ditches soldiers lived and fought in
what are trenches
Country that sent the Zimmermann Telegram
What is germany
Assassination that started World War I
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Treaty that officially ended World War I
what is the treaty of versailles
The buildup of armies and weapons before the war
what is militarism
Dangerous area between opposing trenches
what is no man’s land
Country Germany tried to ally with
what is mexico
The main battlefield in France and Belgium
what is the western front
Country forced to accept blame for the war
what is germany
A system of agreements that caused countries to defend each other
what are alliances?
A problem soldiers faced living in trenches
What are disease, rats, or mud?
Land Germany promised Mexico
what is u.s. territory
Event that caused Russia to leave the war
what is the russian revolution
Punishment placed on Germany after the war
what are reparations
Competition between nations for colonies and resources
What is imperialism
A new weapon used to break through trench defenses
what are armored tanks
How the U.S. found out about the telegram
what is it was intercepted
Meeting held to decide peace terms after the war
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
How Germans felt about the treaty
what is humiliated or angry
New inventions that made fighting deadlier
what is new technology
The type of fighting that caused a stalemate on the Western Front
what is trench warfare
What happened soon after because of the telegram
What is the U.S. entered World War I?
Year World War I ended
what is 1918
What Germany was forced to sign
What is a humiliating treaty?