The glorification of the military and the M in MANIA
What is militarism?
100
This was used for the first time during World War I and was banned soon after, due to its lack of control once deployed and lethal/burning effects.
What is poison gas?
100
This is land stretching between the two opposing sides' trenches.
What is No Man's Land?
100
This was the name of the conference where the Big 3 met to decide the fate of Europe after WWI.
What is the Paris Peace Conference?
100
I am the man who ran Germany building up to the war, and wanted to implement our strong Army after a long period of European peace. I also got rid of Bismarck.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
200
This complex, often secret set of _______ led to Serbia/AH regional conflict expanding into a global one. (An A in MANIA)
What is alliances?
200
This tech led to increased deaths during WWI, and the French army had not yet adapted to their use, leading to massive causalities. This was also important to Imperialistic expansion.
What is machine guns?
200
This is the name of the fungal infection that can come from not changing one's socks for 2-3 months at a time. Can lead to foot amputation.
What is trench foot?
200
This is the name of the Treaty that ended WWI.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
I am the president of the United States during WWI, and developed a plan for peace called the 14 points.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
300
Nationalism (N in MANIA) in these states led to wanting to separate from AH, Ottomans, and Russia.
What is the Balkan States?
300
This tech wasn't used until 1916, three years into the war, and was first used by the British. It provided an armored shell to cross No Man's Land, and often included mounted machine guns.
What is an armored tank?
300
Many soldiers in the trenches turned to this type of literary art form, expressing their loneliness, frustration, and boredom at the frontlines.
What is poetry?
300
This country was formed during the Versailles Treaty, from the remnants of the Ottoman Turk Empire. Its modern day capital is Istanbul.
What is Turkey?
300
I am the Archduke whose assassination was pivotal to lighting the powder keg of Europe.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
400
Explain briefly how the I in MANIA fits as a cause for WWI.
What is rivalries created by expansion in similar regions, wanting the same natural resources, etc.
400
These large balloons were filled with hydrogen and were used to drop bombs and scout the enemy during WWI.
What is zeppelins?
400
This command meant troops were about to charge headlong, across no man's land towards enemy gunfire and their trench.
What is going over the top?
400
I am the British Prime Minister at the signing of Treaty of Versailles, and wanted mild punishments for Germany for their role in the conflict.
Who is David Lloyd George?
400
I shot and killed the Austrian Archduke in Bosnia, and was a member of the nationalist Serbian terrorist group, the Black Hand.
Who is Gavrilo Princips?
500
Explain 3 reasons why one of the 5 MANIA topics is the MOST important to WWI.
ANSWERS MAY VARY
500
This was the pioneer of air to air combat in WWI, and recorded the most aces (planes shot down) in military history as a fighter for the German Air Force.
Who is the Red Baron?
500
This vocabulary word means a deadlock where no side is able to defeat the other, and was a common feature on most entrenched battles. (Hint: Chess)
What is a stalemate?
500
Name two countries that were newly formed as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. (That were not answers to any other questions so far)
What is Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania?
500
I am the French Premier who wanted harsh penalties for Germany at the end of WWI.