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100
Germany for the failure of this attack resulted in a two front war.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
100
This weapon could fire up to 450 rounds per minute during World War One.
What was the machine gun?
100
Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico to try and keep the USA out of World War One in Europe.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
100
The TWO main countries of the Central Powers during World War I.
Who were Germany & Austria-Hungary?
100
Year that World War One started.
What was 1914?
200
Germany was forced to pay these according to the Versailles Treaty, which were used to par France for damages suffered during the war.
What were reparations?
200
Phosgene & Mustard
What were two types of gases used in World War One?
200
Treaty that ended World War One.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
200
The THREE of the Entente (Allied) Powers (In 1914) during World War I.
Who were England, France & Russia?
200
Year that Russia left World War One with the signing of the Brest-Litsovsk.
What was 1918?
300
To make things worse, this epidemic struck Europe in 1918, which greatly increased the number of civilian deaths related to the war.
What was the influenza pandemic?
300
This machine was used for the first time in World War and were involved in battles known as "dogfights"?
What was the airplane?
300
Signed by Germany & Russia in 1917?
What was the Treaty of Brest-Litosvk ?
300
This group claimed responsibility for the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
What was the Black Hand (Serbia)?
300
The official date of the World War I armistice.
What was 11/11/18?
400
The Arab states that were created after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire were not independent but rather this type of "protectorate".
What was a mandate?
400
This new weapon was introduced in 1917-1918 and gave the Allies a decisive advantage for breaking the stalemate.
What was the tank?
400
Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. used during World War I.
What was propaganda?
400
Name given to the Allies' peace delegation that consisted of the USA, France & England.
What was the "Big Three"?
400
Year the USA entered World War One.
What was 1917?
500
The sinking of this British passenger ship in 1915, which included American passengers, brought the U.S. closer to entering the war against Germany.
What was the Lusitania?
500
These air ships could drop bombs from high above the battlefield.
What were Zeppelins?
500
This provision of the Versailles Treaty identified Germany as fully responsible for starting World War One.
What was the War Guilt Clause?
500
This organization was intended to prevent future conflicts by providing a forum for nations to solve problems peacefully. It was created by the Versailles Treaty.
What is the League of Nations?
500
Year that World War One officially ended.
What was 1919 (Treaty of Versailles)?
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