WW1 Review

WW1 Causes

100

The immediate cause of WW1.

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

200

Two major alliances in Europe before the start of WW1

Triple Entente (Allied Powers)

Triple Alliance (Central Powers)

300

Identify the 4 MAIN causes of WW1

Militarism

Alliances

Imperialism

Nationalism

400

The invasion to which country prompted Britain to declare war against Germany

Belgium

500

Who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir in June 28, 1914?

Gavrilo Princip

WW1 Events

100

First major battle of World War 1

First Battle of Marne

200

Longest battle of WW1 and one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

Battle of Verdun

300

One of the bloodiest of World War I battles on the Western Front with over 1 million casualties from July – Nov 1916 

Battle of Somme

400

A major World War I battle that took place in August 1914 between the Russian and German soldiers that  resulted in the destruction of the Russian Second Army

Battle of Tannenberg

500

Name 4 empires that fell down at the end of WW1

Russian/ Romanov

Austro-Hungarian

Ottoman

German

Random

100

Another name for WW1

The Great War

200

Area between trenches

No Man's Land

300

Term referring to German submarines

U-boats

400

Germany's plan of fighting the war in two fronts. It will attack France first and then Russia during World War 1.

Schlieffen Plan 

500

A coded message sent by German Foreign Minister to the German Minister to Mexico in 1917 that helped convince the United States to enter World War I on the side of the Allies.

Zimmerman Note 

Zimmerman Telegram

WW1 Home Front

100

Debt securities issued by a government for the purpose of financing military operations during times of war.

War Bond

200

British ship that was sank in 1915 and that caused public opinion against Germany. 

Lusitania

300

What agency coordinated the production of war materials?

War Industries Board

400

1918 law that made it illegal to critcize the war; it set heavy fines and long prison terms for those who enggaged in anti war activivties

Sedition Act

 Espionage Act

500

US Policy of actively trying to stay out of the European conflict and maintain neutrality

Isolationism

WW1 The End

100

Who wrote the 14 Points?

Woodrow Wilson

200

Organization that was formed after WW1. It is first global organization to address international disputes and promote peace

League of Nations

300

The peace settlement that ended WW1

Treaty of Versailles

400

This treaty was between Russia and Germany and it let Russia out of the war.

Treaty of Brest- Litovsk

500

Complete date of the end of WW1

November 11, 1918