WW1
Where was the Western front? Where was the Eastern front?
Western Front: In France
Eastern Front: In Russia
Who were the "Big Four"?
US, Britain, France, and Italy
Who was President of the US when we entered war?
Woodrow Wilson
This nation pulled out of the war early and did not attend the Paris Peace Conference?
Russia
What year did the United States enter the war?
1917
Name of the ruler of Germany at the beginning of WW1.
Kaiser Wilhelm
These are the three primary nations of the Central Powers.
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman empire.
Which of the "Powers" won WW1?
Allied powers.
These are the three primary nations of the Allied Powers.
Britain, France, and Russia.
This country switched sides during the war.
Italy
The Germans used this tactic to dominate the seas and oceans.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
(Two part question) Which country declared war first and which country was punished most harshly after the war ended?
Austria-Hungary declared war first.
Germany was punished most harshly.
This event was the "spark" that started the war.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian empire.
This battle saved France during WW1, allowing them to continue fighting.
1st Battle of the Marne (Miracle at the Marne)
What was the Zimmerman Telegram and between which two countries was it sent?
Germany tried sending a secret telegram to Mexico trying to recruit them into joining the war but the Americans intercepted it.
This word describes the phenomena when a battle gets stuck in one spot, resulting in many casualties but little offensive movement.
Stalemate
This is the practice of the government putting limits on how much of a certain good or resource can be used or bought back home during wartime.
Rationing
What ethnic and religious group of people did the Ottoman Empire attempt to eradicate?
The Armenians
What were 4 weapons of the war that were considered new technology?
Poison Gas, Machine Gun, Tank, Submarine, Plane, Flamethrower.
What was the name of the civilian ship that was sunk during war that had many American passengers on board?
The Lusitania was sunk by the Germans.
This battle saw 60,000 British casualties in the first day and is the deadliest battle of the entire war.
Battle of the Somme
What is M.A.I.N? (4 causes of the war)
Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
In this battle, the Germans attempted to lower France's morale by attacking and destroying one of their historically significant cities.
The Battle of Verdun
This battle strategy relies on wearing down the enemy through killing as many of them as possible and by destroying their supplies.
Attrition
How much money in reparations did the Treaty of Versailles order Germany to pay back to the Allied nations?
132 Billion Dollars