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?
Battle that saw Russia defeated and withdrawing from the war.
What is the Battle of Tannenburg?
A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from deep ditches dug by the troops facing each other. Includes using tangled and barbed wire.
What is Trench warfare?
This type of poisonous gas was first used by the Germans in 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres.
What is chlorine gas?
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?
The international organization developed after WWI whose main mission was to maintain world peace.
What is the League of Nations?
Most of the United States was ________________ before joining the war.
What is isolationist?
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?
What were the two major battles that were fought on the western front?
What are the Battles of Verdun and The Marne?
A submarine used by the Germans in WWI.
What is the U-boat?
The years World War I began and finished
What is 1914 and 1918?
The sinking of this ship was one of the reasons the United States joined WWI.
What is the Lusitania
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?
Using of toxic gases to kill or injury an enemy.
What are chemical weapons?
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
A painful condition of the feet caused due to being under cold water or mud for long periods of time and marked by blackening and death of surface skin.
What is trench foot?
In this the US discovers that Germany wants to team up with Mexico
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?