Party Up
What is the Triple Alliance?
The Austro-Hungarian heir whose assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and starting World War I
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The process of governments controlling what type and what amounts of goods/products people can buy
What is rationing?
This large battleground area was fought along the German and Russian border
What is the Eastern Front?
A battlefield condition where neither side is gaining or losing ground
What is a stalemate?
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This was the name of the French, British, and Russian alliance BEFORE World War I started
What is the Triple Entente?
The president of the United States during World War I
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
With so many soldiers off fighting the war, this group of people gained new jobs building tanks, paving roads, and plowing fields at home
Who were women?
This large battleground area was fought in northern France and experienced stalemate conditions due to trench warfare
What is the Western Front?
The "fancy" term for an agreement to end fighting, for WWI this happened on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
What is an armistice?
These two British dominions sent ships and soldiers to support the Gallipoli Campaign and the Allied attempt to take the Dardanelles Strait
What were Australia and New Zealand?
This is the name of the side of World War I that included Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and eventually Italy
What are the Allied Powers or the Allies?
Crafted by a German general, this message was sent to Mexico to try to bring them into the war (and Germany would help them retake territory lost to the US)
What is the Zimmerman Telegram or Zimmerman Note?
The term for information that is presented with a one-sided, persuasive intent (in WWI, it kept anti-war sentiments at bay)
What is propaganda?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This was the last major engagement of World War I when Germany once again attempted to take Paris
What is the 2nd Battle of the Marne?
These were the large, new warships being built during World War I
What are dreadnoughts?
This Asian island nation joined the Allied Powers and attacked German outposts/territories in China and the Pacific Islands
Who was Japan?
This is the name of the side of World War I that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
What are the Central Powers?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The 19-year old Serbian who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir, starting World War I
Who was Gavrilo Princip?
The policy of governments using all of the resources available to them to contribute to the war effort
What is total war?
This type of warfare was integral to World War I, but often led to stalemates between the opposing forces
What is trench warfare?
A belief in glorifying military strength and maintaining large, standing armies
What is militarism?
Fighting spread to Africa when Britain and France took 3 out of 4 colonial possessions of this European power
What is Germany?
The name of the person who broke Germany's treaty with Russia that was originally signed and crafted by Otto von Bismarck
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
This leader of Russia during World War I was forced to abdicate his power as emperor after civil unrest toward the end of the war
Who was Czar Nicholas II?
A strong sense of devotion to one's country or national group
What is nationalism?
This was Germany's initial plan to quickly defeat France before turning its attention to Russia so it didn't have to fight a two-front war
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
The name of the peninsula where the new countries of Serbia, Albania, Romania, etc gained their independence from the Ottoman Empire
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
The name of the passenger ship (that definitely wasn't secretly transporting weapons...wink wink) that German u-boats sank in 1915, killing 128 US citizens
What is the Lusitania?