World War I Beginnings
World War I Weapons
American Involvement
World War I Random
World War I Bonus
100
This is the event that occured at Sarajevo and provided the "spark" that started WWI.
What is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
100
The use of this weapon gave soldiers the ability to venture out into no man's land
What is the tank
100
Initially, the United States decided they did not wish to become involved with the war effort in Europe. This policy was known as
What is neutrality
100
The area in between trenches is referred to as
What is "No man's land"
100
Most of the fighting in WWI took place in this country
What is France
200
Refers to an arms race. For instance, the Germans spent the most money building up their military forces before WWI and it made other countries nervous.
What is militarism
200
A fight between airplanes is known as a
What is a "dog fight"
200
The sinking of this British ship by a u-boat contributed to the Americans joining WWI.
What is the Lusitania
200
Many of the battles of WWI ended in this, which basically means no one won.
What is a stalemate
200
This was one of the bloodiest battles of WWI with over 60,000 casualties in a matter of a couple hours.
What is the Battle of the Somme
300
This is known as a deep love of one's country and generally leads people to believe that their country should be free from the control of others. Which ultimately was one of the main causes of WWI.
What is nationalism
300
The advent and use of the machine gun during WWI led to this type of warfare
What is trench warfare
300
How did the Americans mobilize for the war effort? In other words, how did they get people to join the army?
What is the use of propaganda
300
This document is responsible for ending WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles
300
Describe what life was like for soldiers fighting in the trenches
What is horrible. They were subject to death at any time as well as disease such as dysentary, could develop trenchfoot, and subject to lice. Fighting in the trenches at the least can be described as a terrible experience.
400
This was probably the most powerful country in Europe at the start of WWI. Or they had at least spent the most money towards military efforts.
What is Germany
400
The use of this, known as chemical warfare, first became popular during WWI
What is gas such as chlorine or mustard gas.
400
There are many ways in which citizens of the United States supported the war effort. Name a few
What is men volunteered for service in the army. People donated their money by purchasing war bonds. People decided to ration their food and eat less so more food could be sent to soldiers.
400
Who were the Big Three countries?
What is America, France, and Great Britain
400
One of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles in which the Germans had to accept responsibilty for causing the War.
What is the War guilt clause
500
Refers to an agreement between two or more countries. Name the two of these that existed in Europe and what countries were associated with one another.
What is an alliance or alliance system. Triple entente- France, Great Britain, Russia (later the US). Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire
500
This was one of the deadliest weapons of the war and accounted for nearly one third of the deaths. It had extremely harmful effects including blistering of the skin, suffocation, blindness, and even death.
What is poison gas
500
This particular event is the main cause why the US joined WWI. Explain to me what it was.
What is the Zimmermann note. It was a telegram sent from the Germans to Mexico encouraging them to attack the US in return for land they had lost during the Spanish American War.
500
What was David Lloyd George's, the prime minister of Great Britain, belief about how the Germans should be dealt with following WWI?
What is he believed they should be punished, but justly or fairly so. He feared that if they were punished to harsly it would lead to another World War.
500
Name three provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
What is the Germans had to accept responsibilty for starting the war. They lost lands as a result of the war, their army was limited to 100,000 men. They were not allowed tanks or submarines. Demilitarization of the Rhineland. They were forced to pay war reparations. The League of Nations was created.
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