Technology
An armored vehicle with canons and machine guns...utilized tracks to better survive difficult terrain.
Tank
This battle was both the longest and costliest of the war
Verdun
The A in MAIN
Alliances
The last ally to enter the war
United States (1917)
Many of the leaders of Europe were related with this familial title
Cousins
A backpack-like apparatus that when worn, was used to devastating effect to clear trenches
Flamethrower
The Schlieffen plan (German plan to beat France then Russia) failed when Germany failed to win this battle
1st Marne
Belief that ones nation is inherently superior
Nationalism
ALL of the Triple Entente
Russia, France, Britain
WW1 battles often had this result, leaving us to wonder why so many had to die
No change, no winner, stalemate
Various visible and invisible chemicals used to horrifying effect on the battlefield
Poison gas (mustard, chlorine, etc.)
The only major naval conflict of the war
Jutland
A conlict between France and Germany over the colony of Morocco in Africa is an early example of how this impacted WW1
Imperialism
Which nations swapped sides during the war from central power to ally?
Italy
Communism
Underwater terrors of the Germany navy
Submarine (u-boat)
Great Britain lost 20,000 sons in one day at this fateful battle
Somme
Building up ones military
Militarism
Three of the Central Powers
Germany, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Italy
WW1 helped spread this disease globally
Spanish Flu
Semi-rigid vehicles powered by air used to intimidate London during the war
Airship (blimp, zeppelin)
America found early success at either of these two battles
Meuse-Argonne offensive OR Belleau Woods
Austro-Hungarian leader who was assassinated, setting light to Europe
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
ALL three nations that do not survive WW1
Russia-->USSR
Austro-Hungary-->Austria & Hungary
Ottoman Empire-->Turkey & Arab nations
One of the neutral nations of WW1
Belgium, Switzerland, Spain