The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist hoping to unite Slavic people
What was the spark that started WWI?
100
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
THEN
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
What is the Triple Alliance and the Central Powers?
100
A no man's land of shell craters and barbed wire, which neither side controlled
What is the area between the trenches?
100
Could kill or seriously injure anyone who breathed it
What is poison gas?
100
The first attack in WWI based on a plan by General Alfred von Schlieffen to knock France out of the war quickly and then attack Russia.
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
200
caused Great Britain to join the war because of an alliance formed with this country
What is Germany's attack on Belgium?
200
Great Britain, France, and Russia
THEN
Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, and other nations
What is the Triple Entente and Allied Powers?
200
A condition in which neither side could make progress against the other
What is a stalemate?
200
protection against poisonous gas used by both sides for humans and animals
What are gas masks?
200
created a stalemate on the western front
What is the First Battle of the Marne?
300
The rapid buildup of military power such as the huge armies in Germany, France, and Russia and the huge navies in Germany and Great Britain
What is militarism?
300
An understanding or agreement among nations
What is entente?
300
The firing trench
What is the trench closest to the enemy?
300
introduced by the Allies to break the stalemate of trench warfare because they could cross no-man's land and fire on the enemy at close range
What are tanks?
300
France urged Russia to attack the Germans in the east to force them to fight on both fronts after the Germans had overrun Belgium
What is the Battle of Tannenburg?
400
Many European countries sought to extend their nation's rule over other territories and countries in Africa and Asia
What is imperialism?
400
A system to keep peace in which no one country can gain power over the others
What is a balance of power?
400
sank into the mud and drowned
What happened to many asleep or wounded soldiers when it rained?
400
Used by both sides for observation, ground support, and bombing missions
What are airplanes?
400
This battle became a symbol of French resistance against the Germans, and the French called the road to this battle town the Holy Way because of the huge number of men who died in the battle there.
What is the Battle of Verdun?
500
a belief that one's country is better than another and cause some ethnic groups to want to break away and form their own nations
What is nationalism?
500
Italy, which sought territory controlled by Austria-Hungary
What is the country that left the Triple Alliance before WWI?
500
trenches were stationary and when charging the enemy, soldiers were slaughtered in record numbers and unable to advance
Why did the armies' positions moved so little during WWI?
500
two German weapons used to bomb the land and also sink ships carrying supplies to Britain
What are zeppelins and U-boats
500
The battle that was intended to relieve German pressure on Verdun. The Germans used a newly developed weapon, the flamethrower, and the British introduced the tank.