Causes of the War
What does M.A.I.N. stand for when referring to the causes of World War I?
What are Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
In what year did World War I begin?
What is 1914?
What type of warfare involved soldiers fighting in long, narrow, ditches?
Trench warfare
What new type of vehicle was introduced at the Battle of the Somme?
What is a tank?
What country joined the Allies late in the war and helped win?
What is the United States?
What empire annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908?
What is Austria-Hungary?
What country did Austria-Hungary declare war on first?
What is Serbia?
What was the condition called when neither side could win in trench warfare?
What is a stalemate?
What heavy weapon fired shells over long distances?
What is artillery?
What was signed on November 11, 1918 to end fighting?
What is an armistice?
What event sparked the start of World War I?
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What ship's sinking helped push the U.S. toward joining the war?
What is the Lusitania?
Name on problem soldiers faced living in the trenches.
What are rats, lice, disease, boredom, bad weather
What was a deadly, rapid-fire gun used in WWI?
What is a machine gun.
A message from Germany to Mexico asking for an alliance if the U.S. entered the war.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
What two major alliance groups had formed before the war?
Triple Entente and Triple Alliance
Which country switched sides to join the Allies in 1915?
What is Italy?
What two types of gas were used as weapons.
What are Chlorine gas and mustard gas
What new military technology was used to observe and fight from the sky?
What are airplanes and Zeppelins
What major ship sinking caused many Americans to want to join the war?
What is the Lusitania?
Name the 7 countries/empires involved in World War I
What are Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Ottoman Empire
What agreement ended World War I?
What is an armistice?
What was 'over the top' fighting?
What is soldiers climbing out of trenches to attack enemy lines
What type of German ship attacked Allied ships undersea?
What is a U-Boat (submarine)
One major way life changed on the home-front during the war
What is women working in factories, what is rationing, what is propaganda, what is increased spending on the military?