The land between the two opposing trenches, which was completely exposed to artillery fire was called:
What is "No Man's Land"?
100
The "spark" or immediate cause of World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
World War I was also known as this:
What is "the war to end all wars"?
100
The United States was on this side of World War I at the outbreak of the war.
What is NEUTRAL?
100
The Treaty of Versailles took place here.
What is Paris?
200
An elaborate dugout system, in which one side versus another, protected by barbed wire was called:
What is trench warfare?
200
Devotion or pride in one's country is called:
What is nationalism?
200
Germany fought on these two fronts during WWI.
What is the Eastern Front against Russia and the Western Front against France?
200
The name of the British passenger liner that was sunk off the coast of Ireland was known as:
What is the Lusitania?
200
This country took the majority of the blame for World War I.
What is Germany?
300
The position of not favoring or supporting either side in a dispute is called:
What is neutrality?
300
At the turn of the 20th century Great Britain controlled around 400 million subjects across the continents of North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. This can best be described as:
What is imperialism?
300
New technology had such a large impact on WWI because:
What is the cause of more casualties in a short period of time? What is the change in technology before the change in mobility and warfare?
300
Great Britain intercepted a message from Germany to Mexico urging them to join the Triple Entente in the war and encouraging Mexico to invade the United States. This was known as:
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
300
These were two restrictions put on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles.
What is restricting the size of military?
What is stripping Germany of its colonies?
What is forcing Germany to pay billions of dollars in reparations?
What is occupying the territory of the Rhineland to "babysit" Germany?
400
A type of warfare that involves the slow wearing down of the enemy, resulting in a stalemate or deadlock is called:
What is attrition warfare?
400
Before the outbreak of WWI, countries with similar interests would form these in order to protect themselves against their enemies. These were called:
What are alliances?
400
Total war can be described as:
What is warfare in which all of a country's resources are mobilized and there is no difference between a country's civilian population and their soldiers?
400
This was the name of the agreement that Germany violated by resuming unrestricted submarine warfare a year after the sinking of the Lusitania.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
400
These four countries made up the "Big Four", who were in charge of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is France, Great Britain, The United States, and Italy?
500
A military strategy developed by the Germans to quickly defeat France in the west, knocking it out of the war before Russia could mobilize its huge army in the east was called?
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
500
The acronym MANIA stands for:
What is Militarism, Alliance System, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination?
500
The League of Nations can best be described as:
What is an international PEACE organization?
500
This is one reason why it took the United States so long to enter World War I.
What is Wilson's policy of non-intervention?
What is the large German-American population?
What are the close ties between Great Britain and the U.S.?
What are the economic advantages of selling ammunitions and supplies to BOTH sides?
500
Was the Treaty of Versailles a success or failure? Please explain why!