Causes of WWI
What means agreements or promises to defend and help another country?
alliance
Why did the US have the least amount of casualties in WWI?
They didn't enter the war until 1917
Which weapons of mechanized warfare were introduced in WWI?
airplanes and tanks
What means agreement to stop fighting?
armistice
Which of the following statements is true regarding the role of women WWI?
They took over the men's job in order to keep their nations economy going during war
What is having pride in your country and willing to defend it?
Nationalism
What ended Russia's involvement in WWI?
Russian Revolution
What US ship was sunk by German u-boats?
The Lusitania
What means payment for war damages?
reparations
What is a deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other?
Stalemate
In what year did WWI begin?
1914
What helped the Allies to achieve the breakthrough they sought in World War 1 in 1917?
The US enters the war
What was the telegram called that the US picked up? (The telegram was from Germany to Mexico)
The Zimmerman Telegram
What ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
What country made the first declaration of war?
Austria-Hungary
Who was assassinated causing the start of WWI?
Archduke Ferdinand
What countries were in the Big Four?
Italy, France, Great Britain and America
Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare?
The machine gun made it nearly impossible for troops to advance
What political figure emerges after the Treaty of Versailles?
Adolf Hitler
What means all people and resources to the war effort and imposing censorship of the press?
total war
Where did the assassination that triggered WWI occur?
Bosnia
What is the treaty that allowed Germany to concentrate all of their troops on the western front?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
A war where one's enemy is worn down to the point of collapse by continuous lossesin people, food and war weapons.
War of Attrition
What is the peace plan by President Wilson that called for a League of Nations?
Fourteen Points
World War I was more destructive than earlier wars because
modern weapons were more deadly