Beginnings
This cause of World War I involved a contest for colonies and was closely linked with industrialization.
What is imperialism?
Germany, _______, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria made up the Central Powers.
What is Austria-Hungary?
Name two obstacles of trench warfare.
Possible answers include:
trench foot, rats, malnutrition, disease, stalemate, barbed wire, lice, etc.
The final straw that forced the US to enter the war.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Name three conditions included in the peace treaty that ended WWI.
Possible answers include:
Reparations, war guilt, loss of territory, reduced military, new countries, League of Nations
List the five causes of the Great War using the acronym 'MANIA.'
What is:
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination
What is the term that means opposition to getting involved in the political or economic actions with other countries?
What is Isolationism?
*Also accept neutral
This front of the war was more mobile and violent due to its large population and lack of industrialization.
What is the Eastern Front?
After entering the war, America did this to support the war effort.
What is:
Stop teaching German, change the names of food, streets, & cities, propaganda, draft, war bonds, etc.
Kaiser Wilhelm II was exiled to this country in 1918 after being forced to leave the German throne.
What is the Netherlands?
In 1914, this alliance consisted of France, Great Britain, and Russia.
What are the Allies?
Name two neutral countries during the war.
Possible answers:
Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, US (until 1917), etc.
Three new weapons of the Great War include this.
Possible answers include:
flamethrowers, machine guns, airplanes, u-boats/submarines, long range artillery, barbed wire, chemical gas, tanks
US President during the war.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The name of President Wilson's "baby" for peace after World War I.
What is Fourteen Points?
*Also can accept League of Nations
THE MISSING CENTRAL POWER: OTTOMAN EMPIRE, GERMANY, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, AND ???
BULGARIA
The leaders of Europe during the war shared a common ancestor with this name.
Who is Queen Victoria?
A country heavily affected by the Western Front was this.
What is France, Germany, Belgium?
The killing of U.S. citizens on board this ship heavily angered Americans in 1915.
HMS Lusitania
Armistice Day officially began on this date.
November 11, 1918 @ 11 am
This city was the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, in 1914.
What is Sarajevo?
What is Germany?
An unoccupied region between the trenches of opposing armies.
What is no man's land?
Which year did the U.S. enter World War I?
What is 1917?
The name of the treaty that ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?