This is fighting which occurred in dug-out areas, and it contributed to battle lines remaining stationary and high mortality rates.
What is trench warfare?
100
Glorifying military strength and maintaining a large standing army
What is militarism?
100
Member of the "Big Four" who championed the idea "peace without victory" and developed a plan for a "general association of nations" to "protect great and small states alike."
Who is Woodrow Wilson? (President Wilson)
100
This is the term for a ceasefire such as the one signed at 11:00 on November 11, 1918.
What is armistice?
100
The greatest threat to European peace, according to Otto von Bismarck
What is France?
200
This refers to every aspect of a nation being directed to the war effort.
What is total war?
200
Trigger for WWI, or the spark that lit the fire
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
Soviet leader who brought Communism to Russia and offered Germany a truce.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
"a peace built on quicksand"
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
An emotional image or message with a political motivation
What is propoganda?
300
During this battle, one million soldiers died for six miles of territory gained by the British, or fifteen soldiers per inch.
What is the Battle of the Somme?
300
A deep devotion to one's nation
What is nationalism?
300
Author of a note to Mexico seeking an alliance and promising assistance in reclaiming portions of the U.S. that were formerly part of Mexico.
Who is German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann?
300
Shortly before the war ended, Russia left the war by signing this treaty with Germany.
What is Brest-Litovsk?
300
German plan to quickly invade France by surrounding Paris before attacking Russia.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
400
This effort attempted to gain control of the straits connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
What is the Gallipoli Campaign?
400
List the members of the Triple Alliance.
What are Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary?
400
Secret Society responsible for the assassination of the Austrian heir and his wife.
What is the Black Hand?
400
These nations were very unhappy with the end result of the war and would eventually become the Axis Powers in World War II.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
400
Beginning in the Spring of 1918, what was responsible for more deaths than all of World War I combined?
What is the Spanish flu (Influenza epidemic)?
500
This battle was a victory for the allies and a turning point in the war as more than 100,000 fresh, American troops helped turn back the German advances outside of Paris.
What is the Second Battle of the Marne?
500
List the four causes of World War I.
What are nationalism, imperialism, militarism, and the alliance system?
500
German leader who forced Otto von Bismarck to resign and began a massive shipbuilding program in hopes of challenging British naval strength.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm?
500
What goal from prior to World War I was achieved through the creation of Yugoslavia?
What is Serbian nationalism's goal of a unified slavic state?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Name four new technologies, weapons, or strategies from World War I.
What are poison gas, tanks, airplanes, trench warfare, or machine guns?