Alliances/Powers
The two major alliances in WWI
What are the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente Powers?
A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
What is an Alliance?
The year WWI started
What is 1914?
The initial spark of WWI
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The 3 countries part of the Triple Entente/Allied Powers
What are England, France, and Russia?
A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
What is a Treaty?
The length, in years, of WWI
What is 4?
3 new forms or technology/weapons invented in WWI
What are Tanks, Chemical Gas, Machine Guns, Aircraft, Aircraft Carriers, Armoured Cars, Unmanned Drones, Flame Throwers, Artillery, Submarines, Rifles, Grenades, Radio?
The three countries in the Triple Alliance/Central Powers
What are Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy?
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
What is Capitalism?
What is June 28, 1914?
3 words ending with "ism" that contributed to causing WWI
What are Nationalism, Imperialism, and Militarism?
The date the Triple Alliance was formed
What is 20 May 1882?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
The date that the Treaty of Versailles was signed
What is June 28, 1919?
Where the Battle of Arras took place.
What is France?
5 countries part of the Allied Powers
What are the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, France?
The political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism.
What is Marxism?
The starting date of the Battle of Ypres.
What is October 19, 1914?
The name of Gustav Krupp 48-ton howitzer, named after his wife
What is Big Bertha?