Vocabulary
An agreement between countries to help each other need.
What is 'Alliances'
The countries that made up the Central Powers/Triple Alliance.
What is 'Germany, Austria, Italy'
Initially cranked by hand, by 1918 this weapon was entirely automatic and was capable of producing an output of up to 600 rounds per minute.
What is 'machine gun'?
This 600 year old empire collapsed
What is 'Ottoman'?
The idea of expanding territory by taking over another country to gain power and wealth
What is Imperialism?
The countries that made up the Allied Powers/Triple Entente
What is 'Russia, France, Britain'
Chemical warfare started in World War 1 with this weapon.
What is 'gas'?
Chlorine, mustard, phosgene
The war killed between 16-18 million people, but this effect of war killed around 50 million.
What is the 'flu'.
Loyalty and devotion to your nation; a belief that nations should act independently rather than working together.
What is 'Nationalism'?
The main country that fought as the Ottoman Empire.
What is 'Turkey'
This type of technology was developed to easily cross over barbed wire and trenches.
What is 'tanks'?
There are no winners in war, but this Alliance claimed victory.
What is 'Central Alliance', 'Triple Entente', Britain/America
The belief that a country should have and maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend their national interests
What is 'Militarism'?
The country that was blamed for World War 1 in the Treaty of Versailles.
What is 'Germany'
Originally used just for observation, this new type of technology soon became useful for bombing and other combat missions.
What is 'aircraft'?
This spirit became an important part of Australia's national identity.
What is 'ANZAC spirit'?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand died in this way
What is 'Assassination'?
The place where the 'ANZAC' tradition came from.
The type of warefare that meant the Western Front became a stalemate.
What is 'trench warfare'?
What is 'Shellshock' and/or 'Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome' and/or 'mental health issues due to the trauma they experienced' etc.