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The Road to War
Major Battles
Technology
Major Characters
The Aftermath
100
This was made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
What is the Triple Alliance?
100
This was Germany's final offensive on the Western Front
What is the Kaiserschlacht or Kaiser's Battle?
100
These were used by Germany to attack England from the air
What are Zeppelins?
100
This man briefly replaced Tsar Nicholas II as the head of the Russian government
Who is Alexander Kerensky?
100
This document encouraged the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine
What is the Balfour Declaration?
200
His assassination in Sarajevo sparked the crisis that led to World War One
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This battle was a huge defeat for the Russians and created a feeling of German invincibility on the Eastern Front
What is the Battle of Tannenberg?
200
This type of gas was first used by the Germans against the French in 1916
What is chlorine?
200
As the head of the German Empire, this man, with a tiny left arm, led his country into a fatal rivalry with England
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
200
Under this agreement, Ottoman possessions in the Middle East were to be divided up between England and France
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916?
300
This belief stressed the superiority of one's own country over any other country
What is nationalism?
300
This battle, which caused huge casualties among British troops, came to symbolize the futility of the war on the Western Front
What is the Battle of the Somme
300
These were first used, unsuccessfully, by the British at the Battle of the Somme to penetrate German trench lines
What are tanks?
300
These two generals were responsible for the overall planning of Germany's military policy during WWI
Who are Hindenburg and Ludendorff?
300
This country was forced to accept blame for the start of WWI
What is Germany?
400
The Treaty of London guaranteed the neutrality of this small European country
What is Belgium?
400
This was the only major naval engagement of WWI, with no decisive victor
What is the Battle of Jutland?
400
This important technology was first used for reconnaissance but eventually developed into an offensive weapon used against troops and civilians
What are airplanes?
400
The Emperor of Austria-Hungary at the start of WWI
Who is Emperor Franz Joseph?
400
This treaty ended the war between Germany and Russia but was later repudiated by the Treaty of Versailles?
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
500
This called for the rapid defeat of France before the Russians could mobilize
What is the Von Schlieffen Plan?
500
This battle was initiated by the Germans in 1916 to bleed the French Army dry
What is the Battle of Verdun?
500
Germany possessed the most numbers of this weapon at the start of World War One
What is the machine gun?
500
This man was in exile in Switzerland before being allowed to travel to Russia in 1917
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
500
These four empires did not survive the events of WWI
What are Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire?