World War 1 - 1
This was the longest battle in history resulting in an allied victory and 700,000 casualties.
Battle of Verdun
Double Jeopardy
What was the total death count of WW1?
When countries increase their military to gain an advantage over other countries.
Arms Race
New fighting tactic to try to not lose ground. Increases casualty numbers.
Trench Warfare
This battle was a failure by the allies to capture a sea route to Russia.
Gallipoli Campaign
An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations that failed.
League of Nations
US President that kept them out of the war but eventually led the US through WWI.
Woodrow Wilson
Germans stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne who was shot dead by Gavrilo Princip
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This German scientist was responsible for creating mustard gas used in WWI.
Fritz Haber
What was the name of the British Passenger ship that was sunk by Germany resulting in the death of nearly 1,200 people (128 Americans)?
Lusitania
At the beginning of the war, which side did America join?
Neutral (neither side)
This location was nicknamed the “Powder Keg of Europe.”
Balkan Peninsula
What was the final Allied Offensive that pushed towards the end of the war?
Battle of the Argonne Forest
This was the German plan to end the war quickly where they invade West towards France then turn focus on Russia in the East.
Schlieffen Plan
This iconic German fighting ace shot down 80 Allied planes before being shot down
The Red Baron
This disease killed over 50 million people in a pandemic at the end of the war.
Spanish flu
What communication from Germany to Mexico led to America joining the war
Zimmerman Telegram
This was the deadliest battle in the war resulting in 1.1 million casualties and an Allied victory.
Somme
This future leader and Austrian joined the German army where he was wounded by mustard gas but survived the war.
Adolf Hitler
Identify the 4 M.A.I.N. causes of World War I.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
List the Central Powers
Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers
Russia, GB, France, Italy, US (at the end)
What was the name of the group that Gavrilo Princip was a part of?
The Black Hand
Big 4: GB, Fr, US, Italy: meet in Versailles (Paris) to create a peace treaty to end the war.
Paris Peace Conference