Causes of WWI
Major Battles
People & Leaders
Life During the War
Miscellaneous / Interesting Facts
100

What event sparked the start of World War I

What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

What battle introduced trench warfare on a massive scale

What is the First Battle of the Marne

100

Who was the U.S. president during World War I

Who is Woodrow Wilson

100

What type of warfare involved soldiers living in long ditches

What is trench warfare

100

What color did women’s skin turn when they worked with TNT

What is yellow

200

What alliance included Germany, Austria‑Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire

What is the Central Powers

200

Which battle is known as one of the longest and bloodiest of the war

What is the Battle of Verdun

200

Who led Germany during WWI

Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II

200

What deadly gas was first used in WWI

What is mustard gas

200

What disease killed millions worldwide at the end of WWI

What is the Spanish Flu

300

What long‑term cause involved countries building up their armies and weapons

What is militarism

300

What battle saw over 1 million casualties and introduced the tank

What is the Battle of the Somme

300

Who was the leader of Russia at the start of WWI

Who is Tsar Nicholas II

300

What was the name for posters encouraging people to support the war

What is propaganda

300

What new vehicle was first used in WWI to cross trenches

What is the tank

400

What was Germany’s plan to quickly defeat France before fighting Russia

What is the Schlieffen Plan

400

What naval battle was the largest sea battle of WWI

What is the Battle of Jutland

400

What American general led the American Expeditionary Forces

Who is General John J. Pershing

400

What was the nickname for American soldiers in WWI

What are doughboys

400

What treaty officially ended WWI

What is the Treaty of Versailles 

500

What crisis in 1914 increased tensions between Austria‑Hungary and Serbia

What is the Balkan Crisis

500

What 1918 battle marked the final Allied offensive that ended the war

What is the Hundred Days Offensive

500

Who wrote the Fourteen Points peace plan

Who is Woodrow Wilson

500

What was the name of the British passenger ship sunk by Germany in 1915

What is the Lusitania

500

What nickname was given to the German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen

Who is the Red Baron

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