Causes
The one event that sparked the Great War
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The man who established a communist government in Russia.
Vladimir Lenin
The style of fighting that caused 4 years of stalemate in France.
Trench warfare
The country that was severely punished by the Treaty of Versailles
Germany
The name of the first passenger ship that was sunk by German U-boats
RMS Lusitania
Name ONE of the main causes (long term) of the Great War
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.
The name of the soviet party headed by Lenin.
Bolshevik Party
Name for the land between enemy trenches
No man's land
The year that the Treaty of Versailles was signed
1919
The name of the message sent from Germany to Mexico requesting that Mexico attack the US if war was declared on Germany
Zimmerman Telegram
The nation that annexed Bosnia in the Balkans prior to WWI.
Austria-Hungary
The three things the Bolsheviks promised the Russian people during the Russian Revolution and Civil War
Peace, land, and bread
The battle that stalemated Germany just outside of Paris, and set the lines for trench warfare.
1st Battle of the Marne
The term for the vast German payments for the cost of the war
Reparations
The name of the alliance that the US joined in 1917
Allied Powers or the Allies.
Name the Serbian nationalist that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Bosnia in 1914
Gavrilo Princep
The year that Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk which pulled Russia out of the War.
1918
The agreement that ended fighting on November 11, 1918
Armistice
The name of Wilson's plan for the post-war world
14 Points
The policy Germany re-announced regarding their U-boats in 1916 which largely led to the US entering WWI
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Referred to as the 'powder keg' or 'tinderbox' of Europe
The Balkans
The organizational genius who served as commissioner of war for the Red Army.
Leon Trotsky
The two major countries that fought on the Eastern Front
Germany and Russia
The name of the international group created by President Wilson in order to prevent another World War
The League of Nations
The battle where 140,000 American soldiers decisively defeated the Germans
2nd Battle of the Marne