Causes
This man was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
President of the United States during the war
Who is Woodrow Wilson
This weapon can fire over one hundred rounds (bullets) in less than a minute
What is a machine gun
The year WW1 ended
What is 1918
What was the name of the treaty that officially ended WW1?
The Treaty of Versailles
The two military blocs that divided Europe by 1914
The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente
The name of the German military strategy that planned to defeat France in six weeks by marching through Belgium
What is the Schlieffen Plan
This style of fighting, where soldiers fought from long dugout ditches for months at a time, defined the Western Front
This country joined the allies in 1917
What is the US
The international organisation created after the war to prevent future conflicts
What is the League of Nations
What is Belgium
The battle on July 1, 1916 that remains the single deadliest day in British military history
What is the battle of Somme
Tracked, armored fighting vehicle designed for front-line combat, first used by the British in World War I
What is tanks
The event in 1917 that caused Russia to withdraw from the war and sign a peace treaty with Germany
What is the The Bolshevik Revolution
This country emerged as the new economic superpower after the war
What is the US
The city in which the assassination took place
What is Sarajevo
The battle in 1916 that lasted ten months and caused around 600,000 casualties
What is the Battle of Verdun
This type of weapon, first deployed on a large scale in 1915, could blind, burn, and suffocate soldiers and was later banned under international law
what is chemical weapons
This secret German message promised Mexico land if it attacked the United States
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
These four empires collapsed as a result of WW1
What is the Ottoman, Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian empires.
This German promise of unconditional support encouraged Austria-Hungary to act aggressively toward Serbia
What is the blank cheque
The Russian leader who took personal command of the army in 1915, and whose failures contributed to the revolution that toppled him
Who is Tsar Nicholas II
This area between opposing trenches was dangerous open ground that soldiers had to cross during attacks
What is no-man's land
This British strategy cut off Germany from food and raw materials, weakening the country and helping lead to its defeat
What is the British naval blockade?
How many soldiers were approximately killed throughout the war