What new development in fighting came about during this time?
Trench warfare
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What were the Fourteen Points?
Wilson's terms for ending the war and future wars
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Who killed Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip and member of the Black Hand
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What happened to the Russian Royal family?
The were executed as a means for their form of government to be permanently overturned
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One cause of war was alliances please name the two alliances moving into the war and who was a member of each
Triple Entente- France, Great Britain, and Russia
Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
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What did more people die in WWI than any other war we have talked about?
new more deadly weapons were being utilized that were matched with outdated fighting techniques
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Explain the Schlieffen plan
Germany wanted to avoid a two front war so they planned on surprise attacking France through Belgium to wipe them out and then turn their attention on Russia
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What countries were part of the "Big Four"
USA, GB, France, and Italy
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How did Africa play into growing tensions of WWI?
European nations were fighting over the continent to gain more land control to harvest natural resources
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What was the spark that started the war
the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
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Name three new forms of weapons technology used during WWI
Tanks, Zeppelins, Machine Guns, Poison gas
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This note was written to convince mexico to declare war on the US
the Zimmerman note
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Why was Germany desperate to build up their army?
To remain globally competitive with the industrial power of Great Britian
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Why did Russia leave the war?
They were under going a revolution and civil war and could no longer commit troops and weapons to the WWI effort.
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Explain how imperialism contributed to WWI
Imperialism created global competition for colonies and increased tensions between European countries to scope up these lands. The final straw came when Austria attempted to colonize Bosnia which was seeking its own independence and autonomy
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what did Trench warfare result in
two sides that were evenly matched and deadlocked
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Why was Germany sinking ships off the coast of Europe
In an attempt to lessen supplies to Europe and France hoping they would starve themselves out of war
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What was the name of the region that wanted its own political autonomy and what culture did they have in common
The Balkan region which included many slavic people
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Of the following which was a major cause of rising international tensions in the early 1900s? the first modern Olympics, Britain's small navy, Competition for colonial territories, The First Universal Peace Conference
competition for colonial territories
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Explain how nationalistic ideas lead to WWI
Each European nation was developing ideals of superiority causing them to feel that their nation deserved to dominate over Europe which lead to increased tenisons
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Name 3 complications associated with trench warfare
Trench foot, shell shock and dysentery
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What treaty ended WWI and what were its terms?
The Treaty of Versailles and it said Germany would take full blame for the war they would need to pay back money loose colonial holdings and limit their military
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Why was the sinking of the British ship Lusitania not enough to get the US involved in war?
It wasn't our ship only 159 Americans died and it was not close enough to our border to involve us.
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How were planes utilized in WWI?
For reconnaissance missions and to drop bombs and artillery from above