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Vocabulary
Famous People
Important Places
Important Events
WWI "Firsts"
100
When a strong country controls the political and economic affairs of a weaker country
What is Imperialism?
100
The President of the United States during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
100
The assassination of the archduke from this country led to the outbreak of World War I?
What was Austria-Hungary?
100
The sinking of this ship was a reason many Americans became angry at Germany.
What was The Lusitania?
100
This type of "underground" warfare was first used in W.W. I
What was trench warfare?
200
An agreement to cease fire
What is an armistice?
200
His assassination led to the outbreak of World War I
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
200
This country had an important revolution during World War I.
What was Russia?
200
The "spark" which led to World War I
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
The word used to describe the first German submarines
What were U-boats?
300
Payment for damages caused by a defeated country
What are reparations?
300
The German official who sent a famous "telegram"
Who was Zimmermann?
300
This country was offered their "lost territories" if they attacked the United States in 1917
What was Mexico?
300
The creation of this "weapon" marked the beginning of modern chemical warfare
What is mustard gas?
300
Two new types of transportation first used by the military in World war I
What were tanks and airplanes?
400
The German king and the Russian emperor are known as
What is a "kaiser" and "tzar?"
400
The name given to the major world leaders who wrote the treaty ending World War I
What was the "Big Four?"
400
The city and country where the treaty ending World War I was signed?
What is Versailles, France? What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
What is the armistice? When did World War I end?
400
Two new types of weapons first used in World War I
What were automatic and/or repeating rifles, hand grenades, and poison gas?
500
The spreading of information to either help your cause or hurt the enemy's cause
What is propaganda?
500
Identify the "Big Four"
Who is Woodrow Wilson (USA), David Loyd George (Great Britain), Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and Georges Clemenceau (France)
500
Three of the four countries which made up the Central Powers
What were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire (Turkey), and Bulgaria?
500
This international peace-keeping organization was established without the United States
What was the League of Nations
500
Americans raised money for the war by selling these for the first time and planting these?
What were Liberty Bonds and Victory Gardens