Causes of WWI
This cause is most responsible for leading to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Nationalism
The Germans used massive bombing campaigns that inhibited the ability of the opposing trenches to sleep and led to soldiers developing "shell shock" or what we know call _________________.
PTSD
What was the goal of France and Great Britain when entering into negotiations of the Paris Peace Conference?
"Make Germany Pay"
Propaganda
This cause was the result of all of the diverse ethnic groups that were clustered in southern Europe.
Rise of nationalism
This resource was used by the Germans to stop any shipments delivered by sea to the British shoreline believing that weapons were being smuggled to the enemy.
Submarines
The _____________________ placed the sole responsiblity and guilt for the war on Germany and had catastrophic consequences.
"War Guilt Clause"
In the film "Joyeux Noel" we see young children spouting hate speach about the enemy as a result of ______________ that began at a very early age.
This cause encouraged soliders to gear up and prepare to fight and glorified the experience of war and its ability to make men out of boys.
Militarism
This new weapon of warfare was the first use of chemical weapons and often led to soldiers leaping out of trenches into oncoming machine gun fire.
Poisonous Gas/Mustard Gas
German had to forfeit (or give up) their _____________ in Africa and Southeast Asia in order to pay reparations for starting the war.
colonies
If you are going to ask your citizens to ____________ their food, fuel, and blankets, you must convince them it is essential to win the war.
Serbia, Slavic
This new resource was used to bomb the enemy during World War I but would not be used again in World War II due to aviation advancements.
Zeppelin
This organization may be the only positive outcome of the Treaty of Versailles in that it offered a vehicle for diplomacy.
League of Nations
Most of the fighting was done on the front lines in ____________________ on the west and ____________________in the east.
France, Russia
The late 1800s and the __________________________ that led to the entire continent of Africa being colonized by Europe would enflame competitive rival European states who were trying expand due to the cause of ______________.
"Scramble for Africa", imperialism
Trench Warfare created a "stalemate" or prolonged the war as men would charge into __________________ and either be forced back into their trench or they were shot dead in the middle of battle.
"No Man's Land"
Germany faced major ___________________ restrictions in that they could only have domestic enforcement and not a large standing army.
military
Which alliance had a strategic advantage over the other?
Triple Entent or Allied Powers