Combat in WWI
What is the area between opposing trenches known as?
No-man's-land
Which group eventually overthrew the provisional government and established a communist government in November 1917?
Bolshevik Party
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 an ___________ was signed to end the fighting of World War I
Armistice
What Blimp-like German aircraft was (for a short time) used to drop bombs on Allied fleets of ships?
Zeppelin
What warfare strategy was implemented to defend against enemy artillery barrages?
Trench Warfare
In March 1917 riots broke out in Russia over the scarcity of food and fuel, as well as the handling of the war. Following these displays _________________ abdicated (gave up) his throne.
Czar Nicholas II
Which famous race car driver turned combat pilot was the top American combat pilot in WWI, earning him the congressional Medal of Honor.
Eddie Rickenbacker
Although the fighting had stopped a peace treaty still needed to be signed. What was the name of this treaty?
Treaty of Versailles
As technology advanced, what eventually caused the zeppelin to become irrelevant.
Airplanes
Before charging enemy trenches toops fixed _____________, long knives, to their rifles.
Bayonets
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
Vladamir Lenin
Who was the famous General of the American Expeditionary Forces? He was also known as "Blackjack".
John J. Pershing
President Wilson arrived in Paris with a peace plan known as the.....
Fourteen Points
Which deadly new technology used in the war was used to break through trench lines by causing suffocation, vomiting, and blindness
Poison Gas
What was the single most deadly weapon in WWI?
Artillery
What was wrong with the provisional government in Russia?
It was unable to adequately deal with the major problems afflicting the nation.
Which poor Tennessee native was drafted, attempted to gain conscientious objector status, and eventually fought in WWI Capturing 132 German soldiers after taking command of his badly depleted platoon.
Sergeant Alvin York
What well known group consists of Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.?
The "Big Four"
William S. Sims proposed that merchant ships and troop transports be gathered into groups, called _______________, in which destroyers would protect and escort the important cargo.
Convoys
To prevent the enemy from overrunning the trenches troops relied on ________________________ and ________________________ they had set up in no-man's-land.
machine guns, barbed wire entanglements
What agreement was signed with Germany on March 3, 1918 that officially pulled Russia out of the War?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Which African-American soldier fought under french command and fended off as many as 30 Germans by himself to protect his comrades, earning himself the French Croix de Guerre?
Henry Johnson
What was created by Wilson's 14th point that called for an association of nations that would help preserve peace by pledging to respect and protect each other’s territory and political independence.
The League of Nations
Upon arrival General Pershing marched his men through Paris on a 5 mile march to the tomb of _____________________, a Frenchman who was vital in helping the United States gain its independence.
Marquis de Lafayette