Causes of WWI
This idea means building up strong armies and preparing for war.
What is militarism?
Name one Central Power.
What is Germany / Austria-Hungary / Ottoman Empire?
Protected ditches soldiers fought from.
What are trenches?
A British ship sunk by Germany that killed Americans.
What is the Lusitania?
A temporary agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
The promise countries made to protect one another.
What are alliances?
Name one Allied Power at the start of WWI.
What is Britain / France / Russia?
The dangerous land between enemy trenches.
What is No Man’s Land?
A secret message from Germany to Mexico.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
The year World War I ended.
What is 1918?
Strong pride in one’s country or ethnic group that caused tension.
What is nationalism?
This country joined the Allies in 1917.
What is the United States?
A situation where neither side could move forward.
What is a stalemate?
Germany promised this to Mexico if it attacked the U.S.
What is U.S. land (like Texas)?
The side that won World War I.
Who are the Allied Powers?
Competing for land and resources around the world.
What is imperialism?
This empire collapsed after World War I.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
A foot condition caused by wet and dirty trenches.
What is trench foot?
This policy the U.S. tried to follow before entering the war.
What is neutrality?
One major punishment Germany faced after the war.
What are reparations / war guilt / loss of land?
The event that directly triggered World War I.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
These powers won World War I.
Who are the Allied Powers?
Why trench warfare was so deadly.
What were strong defenses and new weapons like machine guns?
Two reasons the U.S. entered WWI.
What are German attacks on ships and the Zimmermann Telegram?
Why WWI helped lead to WWII about 20 years later.
What is anger, economic hardship, and political instability in Germany?