Causes of World War One
A union or association formed for mutual benefit, typically between countries
What is an alliance?
The side that includes France, Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, and the US
Who are the Triple Entente?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
One reason Australians enlisted was a sense of loyalty to this country.
What is Britain?
The years World War I began and finished
What is 1914 and 1918?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
What is imperialism?
This Archduke's assassination in 1914 sparked the beginning of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The front where most of the trench fighting happened
What is The Western Front?
This was the first major battle fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during World War I, in 1915.
What is the Battle of Gallipoli?
When neither side really progresses. Both sides are sort of stuck in the same position
What is a stalemate?
Love of one's country and the belief that your country is superior to others.
What is nationalism?
The country that dropped out of the Allied Powers to concentrate on their Communist Revolution
Who is Russia?
This famous Light Horse charge took place in 1917 and captured vital wells.
What is the Battle of Beersheba?
Andrew Fisher and Billy Hughes served in this role during World War I.
What is the Prime Minister of Australia?
The Western Front stretched mostly through France and this country.
What is Belgium?
Gavrillo Princip shooting the Archduke of Austria-Hungary and his wife is an example of this cause of World War One.
What is assassination/spark?
The side of the war that includes Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Who are the Triple Alliance?
When one side went "over the top" they charged onto this
What is No Man's Land?
The Australian Government encouraged people to save food, fuel, and materials through these public messages.
What are propaganda posters?
In this, Germany had to pay billions in reparations, Germany lost land to Poland and France and lost most of its military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Another word for the arms race between Germany and Great Britain.
What is militarism?
New weapons used for the 1st time in warfare in WWI...
What are Tanks, Poison Gas, Machine guns...etc
Battle with the most casualties in WWI?
Battle of the Somme
Women on the home front often joined this organisation to sew clothes, fundraise, and support soldiers.
What is the Red Cross?
In this the US discovers that Germany wants to team up with Mexico
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?