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Vocabulary
War events and technology
PEACE
100
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What event started the First World War
100
I, because of a Revolution
What Country had to stop fighting in World War I, because of a Revolution
100

Central Powers

Who were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

100
tanks, planes, gas, submarines
What were some (2) new technologies used during the war?
100

16 January 1917) was a coded diplomatic note by German under-secretary of state Arthur Zimmermann to the German minister (ambassador) in Mexico. But this description belies its real importance, for it was a catalyst (start) of war.

What is the The Zimmermann telegram?

200
Attack France first then Russia
What was the Schlieffen Plan
200
Austria Hungary
What country declared war first?
200

Allied Powers

Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Romania, Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, and Japan, and later US

200

style of WWI fighting in which both sides dug into a protected line of deep ditches and fought from these

What is trench warfare?

200

the first declaration of war was by _________________, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

What was Austria-Hungary against Serbia

300
Powder Keg of Europe
What was the nickname for the Balkan Peninsula
300
Austria Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Who were the Central Powers
300

the spreading of ideas and messages that promote one cause and hurt another

What is propaganda?

300

name for German submarines

What are U boats?

300

people decide for themselves what government they wish to live under

What is self determination?

400
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assasination
What is M A N I A
400
France, Great Britain, Russia
What countries were the Triple Entente
400

people who are against war under any circumstances

Who are pacifists?

400

Started July 1, 1916. Some 60,000 British men are killed or seriously wounded on the first day alone. Despite such huge losses, Field Marshall Douglas Haig orders that the battle must continue.

What is the Battle of the Somme?

400
League of Nations
What was the international association created to keep peace in the world?
500
Kaiser Wilhelm
Who led Germany in World War I
500
Zimmerman Telegram and the sinking of Lusitania
What events brought the US into the war
500


law passed in June 1917 setting fines and prison terms for anyone who helped the enemy, got in the way of recruiting, or caused others to refuse military service; also allowed confiscation of any mail that criticized the war effort.

What is the espionage act?

500

On July 30, 1916, this place is destroyed by an explosion. German saboteurs appear to have bombed the plant to prevent materials being sold to the Allies. Shrapnel from the explosion damages the Statue of Liberty. 

What is the Black Tom Island munitions plant in America’s Jersey City?

500

On 21 February 1916, Using one of these for the first time, the Germans launch a massive attack against the French at Verdun, in what will become the longest and one of the bloodiest battles of the war.

What is using flamethrowers and/or Storm Troops