Any two are correct:
- sinking of the Lusitania
- the Zimmerman telegram
- loans made to Allies
- trade with Allies
100
What policy did Germany use to deal with any ship that tried to block the North Sea?
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
100
Where was the Eastern Front fought?
Along the German and Russian border
200
Which country did Gavrilo Princip come from and what was his motive for killing the Archduke?
Serbia
Nationalism - he felt that Serbia was not treated well by Austria-Hungary, and his family suffered under their rule
200
What country did Germany invade on the way to France? (This country was an ally of Britain, which led Britain to declare war against Germany.)
What is Belgium?
200
What message did the Zimmerman telegram contain?
A request to Mexico to start a war against the US in exchange for German assistance to get the land that it lost (Arizona, Texas, New Mexico) in a previous battle with the US.
200
This propaganda technique uses insults or negative images and words directed at a person or a country
What is name-calling?
200
What was the style of warfare used on the Western and Eastern fronts?
What is trench warfare?
300
Name the three main countries that fought on the side of the Allies.
Russia, Britain, France
300
What agreement did Russia sign with Germany to get out of the War?
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
300
An agreement to stop fighting
What is an Armistice?
300
What was Germany's plan to attack France and then Russia called?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
400
Why do historians use the phrase "powder keg" to describe Europe during the time before WWI started?
Because of the growing rivalry between its nations - fuelled by MAIN.
400
Name the two main countries that fought on the side of the Central Powers.
Austria-Hungary, Germany
400
Name any two of the things Russia had to give Germany as as result of the Brest-Litovsk agreement.
(see poster)
400
Controlling the amount and the kinds of food and resources that people can have during wartime
What is rationing?
400
Name the four primary causes of WWI.
MAIN - Miltarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
500
What ethnic group in the Balkans wanted to have their own nation?
What were the Slavs?
500
Later on in the war, which side did the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria join?
Central Powers
500
How did the War change the role of women?
They acted in the roles that were once reserved only for men: they worked in factories, on farms, built weapons, and so on. This changed people's attitudes about what they could do.
500
What was another name that was used for Turkey during the time of World War I?
What is the Ottoman Empire?
500
Name the countries that formed the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente.
Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
Triple Entente - Britain, France and Russia