General Knowledge
1914 to 1918
When was WWI fought?
These new weapons were ineffective during the war
What are planes and tanks?
Excess pride in one's nation
What is Nationalism?
Prewar Europe top ruling social class
What is the aristocracy?
U.S. policy to stay out of European affairs
What is isolationism?
Disease, rats, and death-to name a few-could be found here
What are trenches?
Led to severe blistering, blindness, and lung damage
What were effects of chlorine and mustard gases during WWI?
Prewar Europe bottom social class
Who are the commoners?
1st conquer then acquire that nation's resources
What is Imperialism?
Going to war over a piece of paper and a ship
What are the Zimmermann telegram and the Lusitania?
Posters designed to make you act
What are propaganda posters?
The primary theaters of conflict in Europe during WWI
What are the Eastern and Western Fronts?
The initial names of the two belligerents of WWI
Who are the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance?
The later names of the two belligerents of WWI
Who are the Allied Powers and the Central Powers?
1st American victory of WWI
What is the Battle of Cantigny
The success of this event led to the murder of Russian Royal Family
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
Ypres, Somme, Gallipoli, and Marne
What are notable WWI battles?
The 'powder keg' of Europe; a peninsula
What are the Balkans?
The spark that ignited WWI
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
One of two acts which curtail free speech
What are the Espionage or Sedition Acts?
Many soldiers were executed as cowards due to little understanding of this condition
What is shell shock?
The last offensive of the war which led to the armistice
What is significant of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
Britain alarmed that Germany colonized here.
What is Africa?
Countries connected by treaties
What are alliances?
Nickname of American General Pershing
What is 'Black Jack'?