Trench Warfare
A type of combat where opposing troops fight from trenches against each other.
What is Trench Warfare?
Treaties that if one country was attacked, allied countries were bound to defend them.
What are Alliances.
Triple Entente and Triple Alliance.
What are the first 2 alliances of WWI.
1917
What is the year the US joined the war.
Wire with clusters of short, sharp spikes along it, used to make fences or, in warfare as an obstruction.
What is Barbed Wire.
An infection of the feet caused by cold, wet, and unsanitary conditions.
What is Trench Foot.
When a country increases their power and wealth by getting more territories under their control.
What is Imperialism.
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
What is the Central Powers.
Ships the US sent to Britain that were being sank, making the US mad.
What are Cargo Ships.
Most feared weapons by the ARMY...
What is poison gas.
An area of north of France and Belgium that saw combat between German troops and Allied forces from France, Great Britain and, later, the United States.
What is the Western Front.
To build up your army/get ready for war.
What is Militarism.
Britain, France, Italy, Russia and the United States.
The Allies.
A famous British passenger cruise that was sunk by the German with their, U-Boats, or submarines. This made the US mad.
What is the Lusitania.
The most feared weapon by the NAVY...
What is the U-Boat/submarine.
A man who fought on the German side of the trenches that became a well known dictator.
Who is Adolf Hitler.
To feel your country is the best.
What is Nationalism.
Italy.
What is the Country that switched sides from the Central Powers to The Allies.
A message intercepted and decoded by the British for the Mexicans to go to war with the US, to keep them out of WWI, and then the Germans would give them US land. This made the US go to war.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram.
A huge version of a machine gun. one of the largest artillery pieces ever fielded.
What is the Big Bertha/Howitzer
An extremely deadly weapon used in the trenches.
What are Machine Guns.
A wealthy family that was assassinated together in means of getting freedom.
What is the Arch Duke, Franz Ferdinand, his wife, and his unborn child.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Mexico, Chile, and Argentina.
Neutral Countries.
They gave the Allies, additional firepower, resources, and soldiers of the U.S. This helped the Allies immensely. Leading to their victory.
What was the impact on the war after the US joined.
A heavy armored vehicle carrying guns and moving on a metal track.
What is a tank.