Spark to World War
This policy of building up powerful armed forces and which escalated the race among European nations before 1914.
What is Militarism?
By 1918, volunteers had hand-knitted 354,328 pairs of these to help prevent trench-foot among soldiers.
What are socks?
Facing steep ridges and fierce Ottoman resistance, the ANZACs spent the campaign fighting primarily in these dug‐out battle positions.
Signed in 1919, this agreement formally ended World War I and imposed heavy penalties on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A source that was made at the time of the event, a first hand creation.
What is a primary source?
The Archduke who's assassination sparked the Great War.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
Established in 1916, this fund shipped ‘comfort boxes’ filled with luxury foods, clothing, cigarettes, newspapers, and letters to Australian troops.
What is the Australian Comfort Funds?
The ANZAC troops began landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula on this date (though heavy fighting would continue for months).
When is the 15th of April, 1915?
This moment, date, month and year signalled the end of hostilities in WW1, but necessary the end of the War itself.
When is the 11th of November, 1918 at 11am?
The alliance between Britain, France and Russia.
What is the Allied Powers?
This alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria fought against the Allies in World War I.
What are the Central Powers?
During WWI, these women worked long hours in military hospitals both at home and overseas, providing critical care to wounded soldiers.
What are nurses?
This narrow strait between Europe and Asia was the Allied forces’ main objective in the 1915 campaign.
What is the Dardanelles?
Nicknamed “The Tiger,” this French premier pushed for the strictest penalties on Germany at the 1919 peace conference.
Who is Georges Clemenceau?
The main idea the author is trying to communicate through a source.
What is the "message"?
This 19th-century policy of extending a nation’s power by acquiring colonies and economic dominance fueled rivalries between Britain, France, Germany and others.
What is Imperialism?
Even though they performed the same work as men in munitions factories and offices, Australian women faced this persistent economic injustice.
What is unequal pay?
his empire stood firm to defend the Gallipoli Peninsula against the ANZAC and Allied landings in 1915
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This acronym refers to the Treaty of Versailles harsh conditions on Germany but also a spoiled child who behaves badly.
What is BRAT?
The years that spanned the Great War.
When is 1914 to 1918?
This Bosnian Serb nationalist’s actions were heard around the world and led to sparking the Great War.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
Founded in late 1916, this corps gave women basic military training so they could serve as ambulance drivers, cooks, and hospital orderlies on the front.
What is the Australian Women's Service Corps?
This small beachhead became the code‐name for the Australia and New Zealand's main landing site.
What is ANZAC cove?
On this date, world leaders gathered in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles to sign the peace treaty that officially ended World War I.
When was the 28th June 1919?
This term describes the deadly strip of land between opposing trenches on the Western Front.
What is "No Man's Land"?