WW1

Start of WW1

100

The four causes of WW1

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

200

Two countries who started WW1

Austria-Hungary, Serbia

300

Explain the difference between Imperialism and Nationalism.

Imperialism is the expansion of a nation to build an empire.

Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to one's nation.

400

United States policy at the beginning of WW1

Isolationism

500

Austria-Hungary Prince who was shot

Franz Ferdinand

WW1 Early Years

100

Two major alliances in WW1

Allied Powers and Central Powers

200

Which 2 countries did Germany plan to attack with their Schlieffen Plan?

France and Russia

300

Type of warfare during WW1

Trench Warfare

400

Type of war where government takes full control of their citizens lives to win the war.

Total War

500

List the Central Powers and Allied Powers.

Central Powers: Germany and Austria-Hungary

Allied Powers: France, Great Britain, Russia, United States, Serbia

Weapons of WW1

100

Weapon that was developed by the British and became very effective in trench warfare as soldiers ran into no-mans land.

Machine Gun

200

Weapon used to spy on enemy position and was later equipped with guns and explosives.

Airplane

300

Weapon used by Germans to stop supply ships from reaching Great Britain.

U-Boats (submarines)

400

Weapon that was effected by the weather.

Chemical warfare, chlorine gas (poison gas).

500

Weapon first used by the British and proved to not be very effective during the beginning of WW1.

Tanks

United States WW1

100

How did the Lusitania impact the United States?

128 Americans were killed on the Lusitania by Germans with Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.

200

What was the Zimmerman Note?

Telegram sent to Mexico from Germany asking them to attack the United States.  In return they would gain the states of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.  United States was furious and joined WW1.

300

Explain why propaganda was important in WW1.

Encourage people to go fight, encourage people to save resources like food, encourage people to go work to create supplies for the war.

400

Two ways women helped in WW1.

Began to work in factories and became nurses.

500

Who was the United States President during WW1?

Woodrow Wilson

End of WW1

100

Who won WW1?

The Allied Powers

200

President of the United States plan for peace after WW1?

14 Points

300

Treaty that was signed in France that ended WW1.

Treaty of Versailles

400

What were the problems with the Treaty of Versailles?

Blamed Germany for the War and made Germany pay a large amount of money to the countries it impacted.  This dramatically hurt Germany's economy.

500

Explain the League of Nations and its biggest problem.

Global organization designed to create world peace.

Major powers like the United States and Germany did not join and made the League very weak.