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Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
Germany's oh-so creative name for their submarines.
What is a U-Boat?
This event provided an excuse for Europe to go to war.
What is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
Where all the trouble began.
What are the Balkans?
These creatures often grew to the size of cats in the trenches.
What are rats?
American President who changed his mind about joining the War on the side of the Allies.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
What is poison gas?
In this 1914 event, soldiers stopped fighting and exchanged gifts and carols.
What is the Christmas Truce?
The main Central powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, _____________, and Bulgaria.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
"Ain't no disputin'" with this mad monk.
Who is Rasputin?
Russian Czar whose disastrous leadership led to his abdication.
Who was Nicholas II?
The only effective weapons against U-Boats.
What are depth charges?
128 Americans died in this incident.
What is the sinking of the Lusitania?
The major Allied Powers were Britain, _______, Russia, and eventually the United States.
What is France?
This favorite author of students and staff at Live Oak was hospitalized shortly after arriving in the trenches.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
Received the right to vote after the war in Britain and America, thanks to their hard work in factories and elsewhere.
Who are women?
Introduced to try and break the stalemate, but weren't terribly effective.
What are tanks?
This, along with Germany's submarine campaign, finally convinced America to join the Allies.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
Germany's invasion of this country brought Great Britain into the War.
What is Belgium?
These bits of equipment are made to look like skulls in a famous painting of German Stormtroopers.
What are gas masks?
Nickname for American Soldiers.
Who were the "doughboys"?
Deemed a failure at the time, these flying weapons are widely used today.
What are pilotless drones?
This was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
What is the Armistice?
This country pulled out of the War in 1917, allowing Germany to reinforce their western front.
What is Russia?
This Latin phrase is called a lie in a famously grim poem by Wilfred Owen.
What is "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori"?