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Peoples and Countries of WW1
100
He was the leader of Germany during WWI.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
100
Someone who is against getting involved in the war for religious reasons.
Who is a conscientious objector?
100
This event took Russia out of the War.
What is the communist revolution in 1917?
100
This armored vehicle with tracks was first used during WWI.
What is the tank?
100
The German army Schlieffen plan was executed through this tiny country.
What is Belgium?
200
This man was assassinated to begin WWI.
Who is Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This was the name of an ethnic group of people in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe.
Who are the slavic peoples?
200
The first major offensive in 1914.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
200
The official name of Canada's army in WW1 was the __________.
What is the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)?
200
These three countries made up the Central powers.
What is Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy?
300
This man was the Canadian Prime Minister for most of the war.
Who is Prime Minister Robert Borden?
300
Devotion to and support of one's culture and nation is called _________.
What is nationalism?
300
A major battle involving Canada's army that ended in victory. Gave the Canadian troops a sense of national pride and the reputation of being an elite fighting force.
What is the Battle of Vimy Ridge (1917)?
300
By 1918, the war was costing Canada roughly this much money a day.
What is $2.5 million?
300
These people were fighting to make their own country and break away from Austro-Hungary.
Who are the Serbians?
400
This man was the President of the United States during WW1 and one of the people who created the League of Nations.
Who is President Woodrow Wilson?
400
These two types of taxes were introduced in Canada to help pay for the war effort.
What is income tax and corporate tax?
400
This event at sea in 1915 was one of the major reasons the United States entered the war on April 2, 1917.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
400
This was the official term in the Treaty of Versailles that made Germany solely responsible for starting WW1.
What is the War Guilt Clause?
400
These two commonwealth countries fought at Gallipoli. A battle campaign which ended in disaster for the British commonwealth army.
What are Australia and New Zealand?
500
This man was the leader of Russia at the start of WW1, but lost control of the country by the end of the war.
Who was the Tsar Nicholas II?
500
A meeting in Paris in 1919 to discuss the terms of the end of the war and the peace agreement after WW1.
What is Paris Peace Conference?
500
This happened in Quebec City during the Easter weekend of 1918.
What were the anti-conscription riots? Ended with 4 protesters shot and killed by soldiers.
500
Germany had to repay this much money at the end of the war
What is roughly $30 billion?
500
This powerful country did not join the fighting until 1917.
What is the United States?