World War 1 Weapons
Important People
Important Events
Key Vocabulary
Miscellaneous BUT still important information
100

A weapon introduced by the British that could move across no-man's land.

What are tanks?

100

The archduke of Austria who was assassinated in Bosnia.

Who was Franz Ferdinand?

100

These worsened the stalemate and caused higher death-tolls.

Where are improvements in War Weapons?

100

The situations in which further action or process by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.

What is stalemate?

100

A group formed to settle future disputes peacefully.

What was the League of Nations?

200

One of the most famous weapons in World War 1; long holes in the ground that soldiers shot from and slept in

What is trench warfare?

200

The assassinator of Franz Ferdinand and member of the Black hand.

Who was Gavrilo Princip?
200

An event that began with riots and strikes by angry workers. Then, Czar Nicholas II stepped down and the Bolsheviks soon took power led by Vladimir Lenine in a Communism government causing Russia to withdraw from the war in 1918.

What was the Russian Revolution?

200

The group of people who took power in Russia during the Revolution.

What were the Bolsheviks?

200

The treaty that formally ended the war.

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

300

One of the most famous weapons in World War 1; A weapon developed by Germans that caused blindness, chocking, burns, and death.

What is poisonous gas?

300

The 28th President of the United States who came up with the 14 points and the idea of the League of Nations.

Who was President Wilson?

300

A document discovered by the British that hurt German relations with the US even more.

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

300

A method used to pay for war where money is lent to the government in the form of bonds

What are liberty/victory bonds?

300

The central powers of 1914.

Who were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire?

400

Weapons introduced by Germans that were used to sneak up on ships and sink them with torpedoes .

What are submarines/U-boats?

400

The man who led the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution.

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

400

The boat that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat kiling 128 americans.

What was the Lusitania?

400

The act of growing your own gardens to help the war effort.

What were victory gardens?

400

The allied powers of 1914.

Who were Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, Japan, and Italy?

500
Gas filled balloons introduced by Germans that carried bombs.

What are zeppelins?

500

The last Russian Emperor who was forced to step down during the Russian Revolution.

Who was Czar Nicholas II ?

500

The battle that destroyed the Schlieffen Plan.

What was the Battle of Marne?

500

The method of spying used to gain government information and secrets.

What was espionage?

500

A promise that the Germans would warn innocent passengers before torpedeoing them.

What was the sussex pledge?