Causes of WWI
Agreements between nations to aid and protect one another
What is an alliance?
Poison chemicals which choked or burned any skin it touched.
What is gas?
Life during the war back in Australia is known as
Homefront
What does ANZAC stand for?
Australian New Zealand Army Corps
The Triple Entente was formed between what countries
France, Britain and Russia
A policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war
What is militarism?
Slow, but terrifying, they were used for the first time by the British in WW1
What is a tank?
What jobs did women do in Australia on the homefront?
Nurses, knitted socks, Red Cross Fund, Blind Heroes’ Fund, and Wounded Soldiers’ Fund among other
charities.
In what year did the ANZAC’s land at Gallipoli
1915
The Tripe Alliance was formed between what countries
Germany, Austria-Hungry and Italy
Pride in or devotion to one's nation
What is nationalism?
Rapid fire bullets, mowing down soldiers like grass.
Did Australia rely on volunteers or conscription during WWI?
Volunteers
Austria Hungary blamed who for Ferdinand’s death
Serbia
In this, Germany had to pay 33 billion dollars. Germany lost land to Poland and France. Germany lost most of its military.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
When one country takes over another country
What is imperialism?
A serious condition that results from your feet being wet for too long.
What is trench foot?
The government used this to try to influence the public.
Propaganda and censorship
The military plan to go through Belgium was called
Schlieffen Plan
British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat with 100+ Americans on board
What is the Lusitania?
I was assassinated caused the spark of WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Between trenches, slowing soldiers down, often getting them killed.
Who was the Prime Minister who wanted to introduce conscription?
Billy Hughes
11/11/11
What date is Remembrance Day?
What were the three types of poison gas used in WWI?
Chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas