Causes of the War
TOTAL War
Treaty of Versailles
New Weapons
"War to End All Wars"
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This was the "N" in the MAIN causes of the war.
What is Nationalism?
100
This war tactic of digging for protection resulted in bloody stalemates on the Western Front.
What is trench warfare?
100
The Treaty was signed in 1919 after a Peace Conference in this city.
What is Paris?
100
This weapon was invented to plow through obstacles on the battlefield.
What is a tank?
100
President Woodrow Wilson's proposal for peace after the war was called this.
What is the Fourteen Points?
200
Germany's leader Otto von Bismarck was a big influence on this policy used across Europe before WWI.
What is Militarism?
200
These huge airships controlled the skies and bombed cities, targeting everyone that lived there, including women and children.
What are zeppelins?
200
The most important leaders at the treaty of Versailles were known as this:
What is The Big Four (Britain, France, USA, Italy)
200
This was a brutal weapon that caused blindness, suffocation, and death.
What is poison gas?
200
This region of Europe was known as a "Powder Keg" before the war began.
What is the Balkans?
300
This man was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28, 1914, the spark that caused the war.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
300
This is the term used to describe posters, news and videos meant to persuade people to feel a certain way about the war.
What is propaganda?
300
These are the 3 ways that Germany was punished for starting the war under the Treaty of Versailles.
What is lost land, had to pay $33 billion in reparations, and had to reduce their military.
300
The invention of these in 1903 changed the way wars were fought forever. They were first used for spying.
What are airplanes?
300
This was the name of the plan by the Germans to attack France first in the west, then rush east and fight Russia. It did not work.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
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List the countries that made up the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance before the war began.
What is (TE): Britain, France, Russia and (TA): Germany, Italy, Ottoman Empire?
400
This is the name of the German policy that allowed them to control the oceans.
What is Unrestricted Submarine Warfare?
400
These are 5 new countries that formed in Europe after WWI.
What is Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ireland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Finland (any 5)
400
Because of Dr. Harold Gillies, this field of medecine made huge advancements during WWI.
What is Facial reconstruction/plastic surgery?
400
This was a major battle in Turkey that lasted 8 months, cost 250,000 casualties, yet gained No ground for the allies.
What is the Gallipoli Campaign/ Gallipoli battle?
500
This was the name of the assassin in Sarajevo, AND the Serbian Nationalist group that he was a member of.
What is Gavrilo Princip, from the Black Hand
500
How many people were killed or wounded in WWI, and how much did the war cost in total?
What is 29-30 million lives, and $338 billion
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Why was the Treaty called a Peace Built on Quicksand? (3 reasons)
What is German punishment was too harsh, The US did not approve treaty or join League of Nations, and many countries were not happy that they did not gain land.
500
List 5 major NEW weapons of WWI. (Must have 5)
What is land mines, grenades, poison gas, airplanes, zeppelins, machine guns, etc.
500
These are 3 reasons the United States entered the war.
What is German unrestricted submarine warfare/Lusitania sinking, the Zimmerman Note, and because they felt a bond with England/the Allied Powers.