Causes
Next in line to the throne, Franz Ferdinand was from where?
Austria-Hungary
One key turning point occurred when the _______ navy blocked German ports.
British
Poison gas was first used at the Battle of _______
Ypres (EE-prah)
The Germans sunk the British ship '____________'. The ship had 120 Americans on board
Lusitania
Why was the location of the Battle of the Somme important? (hint: Key in keeping the Germans out of where?)
Paris
Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia. This upset which neighboring country? (The reason being, many people from ______ lived in Bosnia)
Serbia
In the US, as men were serving in the military, the door was opened for women to begin working in _______________
Factory jobs
The Battle of Ypres was in which country?
Belgium
The Zimmerman note (telegram) was intercepted by the US. It was sent by the Germans to Mexico. What did it say? (answers may vary)
If Mexico allies with Germany, Germany will get land back for Mexico. (TX, AZ, NM)
What is the one nice story you know about life in the trenches?
Fighting stopped on Christmas day, and the soldiers played football and exchanged sausages and chocolates : ) Awwwww
Russia was allied with Serbia, and Austria-Hungary was allied with who?
Germany (Ottoman Empire too!)
WW1 was the first time that _________ was used as a weapon of war (there could be multiple answers)
Poison gas, submarine warfare, tanks, bomb dropping aircraft, machine guns
The battle of ________ was the only major naval battle of WW1
Jutland
US entry was vital, as which country had just pulled out of the war?
Russia- Bolshevik Revolution
The Western Front was where?
Border of France, Belgium, Germany
In 1915, Italy entered the war on the side of Russia, Great Britain and _______ (remember that the US was not in yet!)
France
Later replaced by the United Nations, this multi nation group formed after WW1
League of Nations
London
One reason the US was hesitant to enter the war was because the US had a high population of _____
Immigrants
The Easter Front is where?
Border of Germany and Russia
In late 1914 the Germans invaded which country, en route to France?
Belgium
The Treaty of Versailles took land from Germany, forced them to make payments and what else?
Limited the size of their military
At the Battle of Verdun, the French suffered a loss against the Germans. But, at the Battle of _________, the British helped the French fight the Germans
Somme
In the '_______ ________', thousands of African Americans moved North, for factory jobs, and to escape the extreme racism of the South
Great Migration
What was the last name of the royal family killed after the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?
Romanov