Causes of WWI
Continent that European powers sought to divide in late 19th Century?
Africa
What name was given to the style of fighting during WWI?
Trench Warfare
Name the 5 nations at the Peace Conferences
Britain, France, USA, Japan and Italy
Approximately how many deaths were inflicted from the war?
18-20 million
The Battle of Verdun
What are the MAIN causes for WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
Name three new technologies used in the war?
Machine Guns, Planes, Submarines, Barb Wire...
What geographic area did Italy want from the conference?
The Adriatic Coastline
What led to more women having employment opportunities?
Men being drafted into the army
What was the name of the major battle in the Ottoman Empire?
Gallipoli
What nation did England form an alliances with 1902?
Japan
Name the allies of the German Empire?
Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Austro-Hungarian Empire
What did Japan want inserted into the Treaty of Versailles?
This is the name of the first communist nation in the world?
USSR- Soviet Union
Weltpolitik
What year did the US declare war on the German Empire?
1917
What was the name of the British representative at the Peace talks?
David Lloyd George
Name 3 of the 4 empires that collapsed due to the war?
German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Ottoman
What was the name of the German plan to avoid a two front war?
Schlieffen Plan
Sarajevo
Name of the British cruise liner sunk in 1915 by German U-boats
The Lusitania
What was the nickname of the French leader Clemenceau?
The Tiger
Reparations
What was the name of the battle in 1914 that saw the Germans get kilometers to Paris?
The Battle of the Marne