Leading up to the war
What was the name of the railway that first linked Europe and Asia?
Trans-Siberian Railway
What was the major defensive feature and combat style along the Western Front?
Trench warfare
Which tactic did the Germans use to limit the shipping capability of the British?
Submarine warfare
What year did World War 1 end in?
1918
Which nation had to accept full responsibility for starting the war?
Germany
What was the name of the alliance formed by Russia, France, and Great Britain in 1907?
Triple Entente
Which weapon, introduced in WWI, was used to break through trenches and barbed wire?
Tanks
Which nation entered the war in 1917, marking a turning point for the Allies?
The United States
How many soldiers are estimated to have been killed in World War I?
8.5 million
Which nation did not participate in the Paris Peace conference, despite being an Allied Power?
Russia
What event in 1914 ignited the powder keg of tensions in Europe, as the spark that kicks off the war?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What tragic event involved the mass killing of Christians by the Ottoman Empire?
The Armenian Genocide
What significant event changed everything on the Eastern Front in 1917?
Russia withdrew from the war
What was the estimated cost of the war's destruction, not including the cost of fighting?
$37 billion
(Allow + or - 5 billion for margin of error)
What international organization was established in the peace treaty with Germany, with the mission of keeping the world out of another similar war?
The League of Nations
Which country did Austria-Hungary declare war on after Franz Ferdinand's assasination?
Serbia
Which country declared war on Germany after Germany invaded their ally (Belgium) in 1914?
Great Britain (England)
Which country did Germany offer lands to in exchange for an alliance against the U.S.?
Mexico
What is the name of the principle that Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points emphasized - regarding nations' having control over their own fate?
"Self-determination"
(self-rule)
What was the amount that Germany had to pay in reparations after the war?
$33 billion
(Allow + or - 2 billion for margin of error this time)
What was the name of the secret terrorist organization of nationalists that are responsible for Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
The Black Hand
What was the name of Germany's plan to knock France out of the war first while Russia prepared for war?
What was the name of the British passenger ship that was sunk by German U-Boats in 1915, killing 1,200 (120 of which were Americans)?
The Lusitania
Which country's empire collapsed as a result of the war?
RUSSIA
(They still exist as the UUSR, but it is no longer the "Russian Empire" that had been in place for centuries)
What was the peace treaty with Germany called?
The Treaty of Versailles (pronounced ver-sigh)