Allies and Enemies
France was on the side of:
The Allies/Entente.
What is "No Man's Land"
The battlefield between the trenches.
This important figure was assassinated in Sarajevo, which started World War One.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
_______ issued a series of fourteen points for the post-war era which intended to resolve World War One, and end all future wars.
Woodrow Wilson
This invention is considered to have had the greatest impact on the war.
The Submarine
Austro-Hungary helped lead this group during WWI:
The Central Powers
Describe the condition of the trenches.
Dirty, wet, disease ridden, and filled with lice and mice.
Germany issued Austria-Hungary a "_________" allowing them to start the war under any cause with their backing.
Blank Check.
What organization was formed after the signing of the treaty of Versailles?
The League of Nations.
_______ was invented by the Germans, and had little to no affect when used on the battlefield.
Poison Gas.
After the discovery of the Zimmerman Letter, this country joins the Allies/Entente:
The United States.
Many soldiers snuck through No Man's Land to do what during night raids?
Gather intelligence and capture enemy troops.
What are the four main causes of WW1.
1. Militarism 2. Alliances 3. Imperialism 4. Nationalism
What virus spread throughout the world during 1918 that killed over 20 million people?
Influenza (The Flu)
The Maxim machine gun and the shotgun were invented by inventors from what country?
The United States.
The Ottomans sought friends in what side?:
The Central Powers.
Soldiers often took shelter in ______ to avoid enemy fire in No Man's Land.
Mortar shell/bomb craters.
______ swore to protect all Slavic nations from foreign intervention.
Russia.
This country lost the most soldiers during WWI.
Russia.
This large flying device was able to go behind the backlines, it was able to spy on the enemy and drop explosives' below.
The Zeppelin
Serbia gets attacked by which side to start the war?
The Central Powers.
_________ trenches were perpendicular to the frontline trenches that allowed soldiers to send messages and transport supplies.
Communication trenches.
This plan developed by the Germans sought to knock France out of the war fast, and then focus all of their forces onto the eastern front.
The Schlieffen Plan.
The armistice was officially signed on ________ .
November 11th, 1918.
The creation of this invention lead to a stalemate in trench warfare.
The tank.
Italy joins the war on the side of:
The Allies/Entente.
Name the three main fronts that utilized trench warfare.
1. Western 2. Eastern 3. Southern/Balkan
Gavrilo Princip was a member of this terrorist organization.
The Black Hand Society.
The reparations that the Central Powers owed after the signing of the treaty were paid off in what year?
2010.
The _________ was invented to help avoid shooting the propeller of the plane when firing.
The interrupter gear.
Japan signs an agreement to join to this side during the war:
The Allies/Entente.
Many soldiers who engaged in truces at certain parts of the lines were often punished by commanding officers, what was the event in which no side was punished and everyone got involved during a truce?
The Christmas Truce of 1914.
What was France's reasoning for wanting to protect Serbia and join a war against the Central Powers?
To make up for the embarrassment of losing the Franco-Prussian war.
Why did The United States avoid joining The League of Nations?
Feared being dragged into more foreign wars.
The Germans had large artillery pieces called what?
Big Berthas.