Causes of WWI
Life in the Trenches
Major Events & Battles
WWI Technology & Inventions
RAMDOM
100

What is the spark that started WWI?

What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

100

What was the area between opposing trenches called?

What is No Man’s Land?

100

What year did WWI begin?

 What is 1914?


100

What new armored vehicle was introduced to cross trenches?

What is the machine gun?

100

What color did women’s skin turn when working with TNT?

What is yellow?

200

What does MAIN stand for?

What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism?

200

What disease caused soldiers’ feet to rot in wet trenches?

What is trench foot?

200

What event brought the U.S. into WWI?

What is the Zimmerman Telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare?

200

What weapon caused massive casualties due to rapid fire?

What is the machine gun?

200

What nickname was given to American soldiers?

What are Doughboys?

300

Which two countries were involved in the assassination event?

What are Austria‑Hungary and Serbia?

300

What new weapon caused blindness and lung damage?

What is poison gas?

300

Which battle is known as one of the bloodiest in history?

What is the Battle of the Somme?

300

What was the main use of airplanes early in the war?

What is spying/reconnaissance?

300

What pandemic spread worldwide at the end of WWI?

What is the Spanish Flu?

400

What was Germany’s plan to avoid fighting a two‑front war?

What is the Schlieffen Plan?

400

Why were trenches built in zig‑zag patterns?

What is to limit blast damage and enemy fire?

400

What treaty ended WWI?

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

400

What communication device became more common during WWI?

What is the radio?

400

What was the nickname for the German plan to attack France through Belgium?

What is the Schlieffen Plan?


500

Why did Russia enter WWI?

What is to defend Serbia due to Slavic ties and alliances?

500

What was the main purpose of barbed wire?

What is to slow down enemy soldiers crossing No Man’s Land?


500

Which empire collapsed as a result of WWI?

What is the Ottoman Empire?

500

What naval weapon sank ships without warning?

What is the U‑boat (submarine)?

500

What was the name of the British passenger ship sunk by a German U‑boat in 1915?

What is the Lusitania?

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