WWI Vocabulary
An extreme pride or love for your country.
What is Nationalism
The event that sparked WWI.
What is assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
This is the continent that WWI was fought on.
What is Europe.
This kind of warfare, characterized by the use of deep, fortified trenches, led to a stalemate on the Western Front during World War I.
What is trench warfare?
This new type of warfare, involving large, armored vehicles, was first used effectively during World War I to break through enemy lines.
What is the tank?
Taking over other counties for land and power
What is Imperialism
Aided by Russia, Serbia refuses to submit to Austro-Hungarian control.
Name the 3 countries of the Triple Entente.
What is Great Britain, France, and Russia ?
This term describes the area between opposing trench lines, often covered in barbed wire, land mines, and artillery fire.
What is No-Man’s Land?
his type of gas, used as a weapon during World War I, caused choking and difficulty breathing in its victims.
What is chlorine gas?
A system in which smaller countries "team" up with larger countries for protection.
What is an alliance.
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated in this year.
What is 1914?
Name the 3 Countries of the Triple Alliance
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy ?
The strategy of climbing out of the trench and charging across No-Man’s Land toward enemy positions was known as this.
What is going "over the top"?
This 1916 battle was one of the largest and bloodiest of World War I, fought between British and German forces.( think lego)
What is the Battle of the Somme?
The acronym MAIN stands for?
What is Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism.
This country, a member of the Triple Alliance, declared war on Serbia after the assassination.
What is Austria-Hungary?
The name given to the alliance of: Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, and Germany.
What are the Central Powers.
The psychological condition experienced by soldiers due to the stresses of trench warfare is now known as this.
What is shell shock (now known as PTSD)?
He was the leader of Russia during World War I and was later abdicated after the war's end.
Tsar Nicholas II
This term refers to the military buildup and the competition among European nations for superiority in arms, which contributed to the outbreak of World War I.
What is militarism?
This Serbian nationalist was the one who actually shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
_____ was the largest power that bordered Germany on the Eastern Front.
What is Russia?
These defensive obstacles, placed in front of trenches to slow enemy advances, were made of sharp wire.
What is barbed wire?
He was the leader of Germany during World War I and was later abdicated after the war's end.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?