Causes of WW1
Q: This system of countries agreeing to defend each other helped turn a small conflict into a world war.
A: What is an alliance?
Q: This side included Britain, France, and Russia.
A: What are the Allied Powers?
Q: The U.S. entered WWI in this year.
A: What is 1917?
Q: This type of warfare involved fighting from long ditches.
A: What is trench warfare?
Q: The fighting stopped on this date.
A: What is November 11, 1918?
Q: The buildup of armies and weapons before WWI is called this.
A: What is militarism?
Q: Germany was on this side during WWI.
A: What are the Central Powers?
Q: This president led the U.S. during WWI.
A: Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Q: This new weapon caused painful choking and blindness.
A: What is poison gas?
Q: This agreement stopped the fighting but didn’t officially end the war.
A: What is an armistice?
Q: This assassination directly sparked WWI.
A: Who is Franz Ferdinand?
Q: This country switched sides to join the Allies in 1915.
A: What is Italy?
Q: This British ship was sunk by Germany, angering Americans.
A: What is the RMS Lusitania?
Q: These armored vehicles were used to cross trenches and barbed wire.
A: What are tanks?
Q: This treaty officially ended WWI.
A: What is the Treaty of Versailles?
Q: National pride and extreme loyalty to one’s country is called this.
A: What is nationalism?
Q: This empire was part of the Central Powers and controlled land in the Middle East.
A: What is the Ottoman Empire?
Q: This message from Germany tried to get Mexico to attack the U.S.
A: What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Q:Who was "winning" on the western front? Allies? Central powers? Or neither?
A: Neither - stalemate
Q: This country was blamed and forced to pay reparations.
A: What is Germany?
Q: This empire declared war on Serbia after the assassination.
A: What is Austria-Hungary?
Q: This country left the war early after a revolution.
A: What is Russia?
Q: Germany’s policy of sinking ships without warning is called this.
A: What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
Q: The space between the trenchtes
A: No man's land
Q: This was Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace.
A: What are the Fourteen Points?