Causes
What country had a strong military, new technology, but not a big empire at the start of WW1 which upset them?
Germany
What Battle set the idea that Canadians were strong, capable, and not inferior to the British?
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary? What group did he belong to?
Gavrilo Princip of The Black Hand
Treaty of ______ limited Germany's military, economy, and territory.
Versailles
What is it called when soldiers were expected to climb out of their trenches and advance across No Man's Land?
Hint: in the movie clips we watched, this usually happens after a whistle/horn
Going "Over the Top"
What small country is considered part of the spark that started WW1?
Who did they have an alliance with?
Serbia
Alliance with Russia
What is the timed-artillery tactic that Canadians used to successfully take on the Germans?
Hint: General Currie is considered the person who perfected this tactic
Creeping Barrage
Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire are all part of what?
What's the opposite group?
Central Powers
Opposite: Triple Entente
Why did Bolsheviks (Red Army) eventually kill Tsar Nicholas II and his family?
To prevent the White Army from freeing them and giving them the opportunity to rise to power again
WW1 Pilots were often called what?
Knights of the Air
**DOUBLE POINTS**
What city and year was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in?
Sarajevo, 1914
What are the 3 levels of trenches?
Front Line Trench or Fire Trench
Support Trench
Reserve Trench
Between the end of Tsar Nicholas II's reign and the Bolsheviks taking over, Russia had a PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT led by who?
Hint: upset Russian soldiers wrote him a letter
Kerensky.... Alexander Kerensky
On November 11, in a train railcar, a ceasefire agreement happens to stop the fighting. What is it called?
Armistice
What is a duckboard?
slats of wood that helped create walkways above the muddy ground of trenches/battlefields
What does M.A.I.N stand for?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What Battle was fought between Great Britain & Germany in 1916 that introduced a new technology? What technology was it?
The Battle of the Somme introduced Tanks
The creation of League of Nations was a reflection of a 14-point plan created by which US President?
Hint: He is part of the BIG FOUR from Paris Peace Conference negotiations
Woodrow Wilson
Due to the limitations placed on Germany after the war, how many submarines and aircrafts were they allowed?
0 (no submarines or aircrafts)
What did the War Guilt Clause mean for Germany?
That Germany was fully at fault for the war (had to take complete accountability), and therefore, had to 'right their wrongs'
Austria-Hungary putting their judges in Serbian courts
2nd Battle of ______ was the first big success of ______ gas by the _________.
Ypres
chlorine
Germans
A man named _____ who was thought to have mystical powers that healed Tsar Nicholas' son of _____.
Hint: there's a song named after him
Rasputin
Hemophilia (blood does not clot)
What four (4) Empires stopped existing because of WW1?
Austro-Hungarian Empire
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
****DOUBLE POINTS****
What is the Schlieffen Plan? Did it work?
To avoid a two (2) front war, Germany invaded neutral Belgium so they could sneak into France and defeat them before turning back to go fight Russia
Did NOT work