This battle happened because Germany hoped to force France out of the war by "bleeding [them] white."
What is the Battle of Verdun?
100
This promised Mexico the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in exchange for keeping the U.S. out of Europe.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
100
This was the name for Wilson's plan for world peace following the First World War and was a reason that Germany ultimately sued for peace, believing the terms for surrender would be reasonable.
What is the Fourteen Points?
100
This took hold in the trenches near the end of the war and wound up killing more people worldwide than the entirety of World War I.
What is the Spanish Flu?
100
This front of World War I was defined by a static stalemate known as trench warfare.
What is the Western Front?
200
This battle was a British attack on German lines in the hopes of pulling pressure off French soldiers and the initial assault was the deadliest day in British military history.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
200
He helped Arab tribes revolt against the Ottoman Empire and got them to attack according to British strategy.
Who is T.E. Lawrence?
200
He was named Supreme Allied Commander during World War I, creating a single overall strategic aim for the Allies.
Who is Ferdinand Foch?
200
This treaty was incredibly punitive and ended the Allied war with Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
These were the three main nations that made up the Central Powers.
What is Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
300
This French attack failed, miserably, in achieving its goal of ending the war in 48 hours and led to mutiny throughout French lines.
What is the Nivelle Offensive?
300
This was a note from the British Foreign Minister that set the stage for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
300
This battle is considered the turning point of World War I because Germany was never again able to take the offensive.
What is the Second Battle of the Marne?
300
This is a cessation of hostilities, the terms for this in World War I were incredibly harsh.
What is armistice?
300
This was the nation that formed as a result of a series of revolutions during 1917.
What is the Soviet Union?
400
He was the commander of the British Expeditionary Force throughout the war and remains a controversial figure for his strategic and tactical decisions in attacking the Germans.
Who is Sir Douglas Haig?
400
They were the radical socialists who overthrew the Russian government headed by Kerensky and established the first communist nation in world history.
Who are the Bolsheviks?
400
He was the strategic planner for German actions throughout the end of the war and declared the massive German surrender of August 8, 1918 the "Black Day of the German Army."
Who is Erich Ludendorff?
400
This was the final offensive of the war, culminating in an end to fighting in World War I.
What is the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
400
These were the five main nations that made up the Allies.
What are France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and the United States?
500
This battle was an attack by British forces intended to clear Belgium of German submarine bases to take pressure off the British home front.
What is the Third Battle of Ypres?
500
This was the treaty that officially removed Russia from the war by ceding immense territory to the Central Powers.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
500
This was the German salient that was captured by the American Expeditionary Force in only three days as Germany's artillery was out of place and already in retreat.
What is St. Mihiel?
500
These are two of the leaders of the Allied nations who negotiated the final treaty with Germany, known as the Big Four.
Who are Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, and/or Woodrow Wilson?
500
Following the war the Middle East believed it had gained its independence, but instead was divided into two parts known as these.