The Great War
The years WWI were fought
1914-1918
This threw European countries into conflict. One of the reasons for WWI
Nationalism
Most fighting in World War I took place in this part of the World
Europe
German subs, ( the letter after t but before v)
U-boats
German leader that believed the workers should rise up against the government
Karl Marx
U.S. President during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Agreements to fight another's enemies
Alliances
Two Austria-Hungary people assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
The year the United States joined WWI
1917
This new technology in trench warfare killed over 100,000 soldiers even with protective gear.
Poison gas
Form of government that runs the means of production and believed that wealth and property would be shared, in theory
Communism
Last Czar of Russia
Czar Nicholas II
Neither side is able to win
Stalemate
Austria-Hungary attacked this country to start WWI
Serbia
Treaty of Versailles
Between the trenches that neither side controlled was called this area
No man's land
The radical group that overthrew the government and also their leaders name (2 answers)
Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin
Two things the Treaty of Versailles did
Divided Germany's overseas empire, reduced its borders, required Germany to pay money to the allies, limited military
Protected by barbed wire and machine guns
Trenches
Country that allied with Serbia
Russia
Designed to resolve conflict peacefully other than through war
League of Nations
Early airplane pilots dropped these out on the enemy
Hand Grenades
Towards the end of WWI, 25-50 million more people died between 1918-1919 because of this epidemic. Which in turn made the Central Powers financially ruined.
The Flu
Another name for the workers that Marx wanted to rise up and overthrow the government
Proletariat
Triple Alliance Countries
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Countries that made up the Triple Entente
Britain, France, Russia
In 1916, the allies launched a major attack at this region. On the first day 60,000 British soldiers died and by the end of the battle 600,000 soldiers were killed
Battle of Somme (sahm)
Four technology items first used in WWI
tanks, planes, trenches, machine guns, gas masks, poison gas, u-boats
The number of peace treaties that ended WWI. (Treaty of Versailles the most famous)
5 separate treaties
The famous book by Erich Maria Remarque that in 1930 Hollywood turned into a movie that depicted the physical, mental and destructiveness of WWI
All Quiet on the Western Front