Causes of WWI
What are the MAIN causes of WWI?
militarism, alliances, imperialism, & nationalism
Posters and newspapers that persuaded civilians to support the war and soldiers to join the military were more specifically called what?
propaganda
In this battle, the French & BEF were able to stop the German advance toward Paris.
First Battle of the Marne
Who was the United States president during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Who had the most deaths total on the Allies side?
Russia
The event that 'sparked' the start of WWI in which a Serbian nationalist assassinated this man.
Franz Ferdinand
List 2 new weaponry used in WWI.
machine guns, tanks, airplanes, poison gas, flame throwers, hand grenades
This costly battle ended up killing almost 60,000 British troops on the first day and up to one million in total for the whole battle.
The Battle of the Somme
Russian Revolutions
Wilson's plan for peace was called this.
Fourteen Points
This term means the building up of military forces.
militarism
Outdated military tactics plus new technology resulted in a stalemate where both sides fought in what?
trenches/trench warfare
The largest naval battle in WWI in which the precious dreadnoughts were used by both the British and the Germans.
The Battle of Jutland
What British ship carrying American passengers was sunk by German U-boats?
the Lusitania
Another word for payments in which the Germans were forced to pay the Allied Powers after the war.
reparations
Name all the major countries in the Central Powers during WWI.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, & the Ottoman Empire
Process where people had a specific amount of food they could buy each week in which the government would hand out in fixed amounts was called?
rationing
The longest battle during WWI in which French troops were able to win against German troops.
Battle of Verdun
What is the name of the telegram that was sent to Mexico from Germany but intercepted by the British during WWI?
the Zimmermann telegram
In this agreement, Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars, lost land to Poland and France and had to reduce the size of its military.
Name all the major countries in the Allied Powers during WWI.
The Germans used these airships to bomb major cities in Great Britain.
Zeppelins
This disastrous loss for the Russians early in the war helped relieve French and British soldiers at the First Battle of the Marne by pulling German troops to the Eastern Front.
Battle of Tannenberg
The war tactic that involved not warning ships in advance of bombing them in which the Germans would use often was called?
unrestricted submarine warfare
The date that Germany signed an armistice which ultimately ended WWI.
November 11, 1918