Causes of WWI
What are the causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination!
What country created the Schlieffen plan and what was the plan?
Germany, Invade france through neutral belgium
These were the two major factors/events that brought the US into the war
The Zimmerman Telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare (Lusitania)
What is womens suffrage? Why did this movement really begin to pick up after the War?
Women's right to vote, women showed they were capable of contributing to society
When did WWI start (Year) and when was the armistice signed to end the war? (year, month, day, hour)
1914 and november 11, 1918 at 11 AM
The assassination of this key figure was the immediate cause for WWI.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This condition plagued soldiers of WWI resulting from constantly wet feet
Trench Foot
Explain what the Zimmerman Telegram proposed
A message sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance if the US were to be brought into the war
This country leaves the conflict in 1917 due to a Revolution
Russia
Which country originally was in an alliance with the Germany and Austria Hungary but ended up switching sides?
Italy
Which nations took part in a naval arms race in the lead up to WWI? What cause does this fit under?
GB/Germany & Militarism
This type of warfare characterized much of the war and was a main reason for the conflict's stalemate
Trench Warfare
This international organization made by Woodrow Wilson was an attempt to prevent future conflict between nations by encouraging use of diplomacy/cooperation
The League of Nations
What happened to the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the war?
It collapsed, the land was split into multiple countries forming Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia
Put these events in order from earliest to latest in the war:
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The United States enters WWI
World War I starts
Germany invades France
The Treaty of Versailles is signed
assassination
WWI starts
Germany invades France
US enters
Treaty is signed
What did Serbia want from Austria-Hungary that led to the Assassination/start of war?
They wanted Bosnia which was land that Serbia thought belonged to them.
Give 3 examples of new tech used in WWI and also explain the effect this tech had on war
Poison gas, artillery, Machine guns, tanks, barbed wire, planes, submarines
Made the war much more deadly
Name the three consequences of the Treaty of Versailles for Germany.
- Had to pay War Reparations
- Had to give up territory/colonies
- Could not have an army
-Blamed for the war
This was the intentional mass killing of a christian minority in Turkey/the Ottoman Empire during and after WWI
The Armenian Genocide
how is the division of the middle east (ottoman empire) comparable to the division of African territories during the scramble for Africa?
They both did not pay attention to cultural/ethnic groups which led to future conflict
This region of the world known as the "powder keg" of Europe and experienced instability leading up to WWI
The Balkans/South East Europe
What was unrestricted submarine warfare and who followed this policy?
sinking neutral ships, Germany
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire this individual (_____________) would seek to make this country (_______________) a dominant nation of the Middle East by doing what to the country? __________________ and ____________________
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey, modernizing and westernizing
What happened to the Ottoman Empire after the war? What did the land turn into? (2 things)
Country of Turkey and colonies/mandates controlled by mainly the British and the French
What was Wilson's idea of Self-Determination? Who would connect with this idea the most?
Places have the right to choose their own government and lead themselves, COLONIES