People
Events
Vocabulary
Warfare
This and That
100

He was the President of the U.S. during WWI and wanted the U.S. to stay neutral for as long as we could.

President Woodrow Wilson

100

This was the year WWI started.

1914

100

This is when one country takes over weaker countries to extend their power and gain economically from them.

Imperialism

100

This was an armored vehicle designed for being on the front lines of combat. It was first used by the British in WWI.

Tank

100

This man became a leader in Germany offering hope to the hopeless after Germany was ordered to pay reparations.  

Adolf Hitler

200

He was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist from the Black Hand, contributing to starting WWI.

Archduke Ferdinand 

200

This treaty officially ended WWI and demanded Germany admit responsibility for the war and make reparations.

Treaty of Versailles

200

A sense of great pride in your country that emphasizes loyalty and allegiance to your country above everything else.

Nationalism

200

This type of boat destroyed the Lusitania, a British passenger boat that also held Americans.

U-boat or submarine

200

This country is where Archduke Ferdinand was from.

Austria-Hungary

300

He was responsible for assassinating Archduke Ferdinand.

Gavrilo Princip

300

This country torpedoed a passenger ship, the Lusitania, killing hundreds, including some Americans.

Germany

300

Re-payment to the ones you have wronged.

Reparations

300

This was used to help and defend soldiers agains the use of mustard gas during WWI.

Gas masks

300

Versaille is located here.

France

400

The people of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed this alliance.

Triple Alliance

400

Germany tried to send a message tothis country to get them to attack the U.S., promising they would get Texas and New Mexico if they did, but the U.S. found out about it first.

Mexico

400

Biased (one-sided) information used to promote a particular point of view. EX. Showing pictures of happy, healthy soldiers in the newspaper, when they are sick and miserable.

Propaganda

400

These new types of guns led soldiers to have to dig trenches (trench warfare) to protect themselves from them.

Machine guns

400

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, and an Assassination were the reasons for this.


WWI

500

The people of Great Britain, France, and Russia formed this alliance.

Triple Entente

500

This country wanted the most revenge for Germany's part in WWI and made severe demands on them in the Treaty of Versailles.

France

500

This was dug by soldiers to protect themselves from machine guns that were now used in WWI.

Trenches

500

The area in front of the trenches where there were mines and barbed wire.

No mans land

500

This treaty ended WWI and was headed up by Britain, France, and the U.S. Italy played a small role.

Treaty of Versailles

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