WWI Weapons
British invention that can cross No Man's Land (Double points for naming it)
What is the Tank? (Mark 1)
President of the U.S. during WWI
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
People who are morally against the war, normally for religious reasons.
Who is a pacifist?
Losing side of WWI.
Who are the Central Powers?
These tiny parasites infested soldiers' uniforms and bodies in the trenches, spreading diseases like trench fever.
What are body lice?
Name given to the German Submarine.
What is the U-Boat?
Leader that was assassinated (alongside his family) after he was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
Who is Czar Nicholas?
Liberty Loan encouraged Americans to buy these to support the war effort.
What are war bonds?
Germany was required to pay these financial penalties to the Allied powers for war damages.
What are reparations?
What is the armistice?
Largely responsible for Shell Shock and a majority of deaths in the trenches.
What is artillery?
Leader of Germany throughout the war.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm?
Americans on the Homefront were encouraged to conserve resources and plant these.
What are victory gardens?
Many veterans of WWI suffered from this form of PTSD.
What is Shell Shock?
This country had the highest casualty rate in WWI, with 90% of its military being wounded or killed in battle.
Debuted by the Germans in the 2nd Battle of the Ypres.
What is poison gas?
Nickname given to the leaders invited to the Treaty of Versailles negotiations.
Who are the "Big 4"?
Interference with the draft could get you arrested under this 1917 Act.
What is the Espionage Act?
After WWI, the U.S. reverted back to this kind of foreign policy, avoiding involvement in international affairs.
What is isolationism?
This type of warfare aimed to wear down the enemy through continuous losses in men and materials.
What is "War of Attrition"?
Aerial blimp that was used for reconnaissance and bombing during the war.
What is a zeppelin?
French leader nicknamed "The Tigerr" because of his desire to punish Germany after the war.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
This act, along with the Espionage Act, was used to silence critics of the war.
What is the Sedition Act?
WWI adjusted European borders and created many new countries, name 4.
What is Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Austria, and Hungary?
This brave animal saved nearly 200 U.S. soldiers by delivering a message despite being shot.
What is a carrier pigeon?