Causes & Tensions
This assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, helped trigger the war
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
These long, narrow ditches protected soldiers from enemy fire on the Western Front.
What are trenches?
This country entered the war in 1917 after years of officially staying neutral.
What is the United States?
Name two empires that collapsed during or at the end of WWI.
German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, or Russian Empires
This treaty, signed in 1919, set the peace terms imposed on Germany after WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
After the assassination, Austria-Hungary blamed this neighboring country and declared war on it on July 28, 1914.
What is Serbia?
This painful fungual infection could develop when soldiers' feet stayed wet and cold in trenches.
What is trench foot?
This German policy allowed submarines to attack ships without warning, including ships carrying civilians.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
These persuasive posters encouraged people to support the war, enlist, conserve resources, or buy war bonds.
What is propaganda?
Name two major terms or consequences of the Treaty of Versailles for Germany.
Possible answers: war guilt clause, reparations, military restrictions, or loss of territory.
The MAIN acronym stands for militarism, alliances, imperialism, and this.
What is nationalism?
This weapon released poisonous substances that injured or killed soldiers and made protective masks necessary.
What is chemical gas / poison gas?
This telegram proposed a German-Mexican alliance and helped turn U.S. public opinion against Germany.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Beginning in 1915, the Ottoman Empire deported and massacred Armenians in this atrocity.
What was the Armenian Genocide?
This country experienced revolution in 1917 and later withdrew from WWI.
What is Russia?
This letter in MAIN stands for the agreements between countries to support/protect one another
What is alliances?
This new weapon could cross rough ground and help troops move through barbed wire and machine-gun fire.
What is a tank?
This 1916 battle became a symbol of the enormous loss of life on the Western Front and lasted for months.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
This means a government uses a country's people, industry, food, and resources to support the war effort.
What is total war?
This empire broke apart as different national groups sought independence near the end of the war.
What is the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
This country gave Austria-Hungary strong and unconditional military support.
What is Germany?
Name one reason trench warfare often led to stalemate.
Possible answer: machine guns, barbed wire, and defensive trenches made attacks costly and difficult.
Why did Britain decide to enter WWI?
Germany invaded Belgium which violated Belgian neutrality. GB supported/backed up Belgium
Give one way total war affected civilians away from the battlefields.
Possible answers: rationing, shortages, propaganda, factory work, censorship, or bombing.
The armistice that ended the fighting on the Western Front took effect on this date.
What is November 11, 1918?