Before War/ Causes
This is a word that starts with M that was one of the causes of World War I.
What is militarism?
This was a group of countries working together formed during World War I and was like an early form of the United Nations.
What is the League of Nations?
This is a temporary end to hostilities between two parties.
What is an armistice?
This is the battle line or place of conflict in the war.
What is the Front?
As part of the Treaty of Versailles, these two things are what Germany was expected to do.
What is pay heavy reparations and go through demilitarization.
This is a phrase that starts with A that was one of the causes of World War I.
What is alliances between European countries.
This was a British passenger ship that had Americans on board when it was sunk by a German U-boat, which prompted the U.S. to join the war.
What is the Lusitania.
This was made up of Austria-Hungary, Germany, The Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
What were the Central Powers?
This is two countries who agree to help each other.
What is an alliance?
At the end of the war Woodrow Wilson wrote these as part of a plan to prevent another war.
What were the "Fourteen Points?"
Germany, Italy, and France having a strong sense of pride in their countries, and a lot of smaller countries wanting freedom from imperialism, illustrates how this word that starts with N helped cause WWI.
What is nationalism?
This is an illness that afflicted the soldiers during World War I
What is the Spanish flu?
This was made up of Serbia, Russia, France, and Britain.
What were the Allied Powers?
This is trying to build an empire.
What is imperialism?
When an individual from Serbia assassinated the Archduke Ferdianand from this country, they declared war, which was the start of WWI.
What is Austria-Hungary?
This country declared war on Russia who supported Serbia (an Austria-Hungary ally).
What is Germany?
This was when soldiers fought in deep dug out ditches to protect themselves from enemy fire during WWI.
What is trench warfare?
This is when someone left a position of power.
What is abdicated?
Russia, France, and Britain formed this group, who joined the Allied Powers at the beginning of WWI.
What is the Triple Entente?
The Germans defeated this country, who then left the war due to a revolution in their own country.
What is Russia?
These were important weapons/components of war for the first time in World War I.
What were poison gas, submarines, airplanes, and armored tanks?
This worried the United States because it showed that Germany wanted to form an alliance with Mexico, which would threaten the United States.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?