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Causes of World War I
Key Figures
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Key Terms
I Got Your Back
100
Nations built up their armed forces for self-protection and national glory.
What is militarism?
100
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
100
Archduke Ferdinand takes over a region that rightfully belongs to Serbia.
What is the annexation of Bosnia?
100
A deadlock in a war.
What is a stalemate?
100
The ally that mobilized forces when Austria-Hungary faced the threat of war from Serbia.
What is Germany?
200
pride in one's nation or ethnic group
What is nationalism?
200
Terrorist who fired the fatal shots of Archduke Ferdinand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
200
The British passenger liner that was sank by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915, off the coast of Ireland.
What is the Lusitania?
200
When soldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches.
What is trench warfare?
200
Britain, France and Russia
What are the Allied Powers?
300
The country annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.
What is Bosnia?
300
The President of the United States during the war.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
300
A telegram that was intercepted by the British in which Germany's foreign minister proposed that Mexico join the war on the side of Germany.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
300
The spread of information designed to win support for a cause.
What is propaganda?
300
Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire
What are the Central Powers?
400
The terrorist group behind the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.
What is the Blackhand?
400
The German foreign minister who offered to assist Mexico in regaining the territory of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
Who is Arthur Zimmerman?
400
The final straw that caused the U.S. to enter the war.
What is the sinking of three American ships by German U-boats?
400
President Wilson issued a proclamation that the U.S. would stay out of the war.
What is neutrality?
400
The alliance between Russia, Britain and France to counter the threat from Germany.
What is the Triple Entente?
500
This set off the war on June 28, 1914.
What is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand?
500
A Russian monarch who refused to implement democratic reforms.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
500
The uprising that was caused by military defeats and food shortages.
What is the Russian Revolution?
500
Means likely to cause or have an effect.
What is liable?
500
Germany and Austria-Hungary make an alliance with Italy to keep them from taking sides with Russia.
What is the Triple Alliance?