WWI

WWI Causes

100

What date did WWI begin after an assassination?

July 28, 1914

200

Agreements between friends to help each other in war.

What is alliances?

300

The policy of building up stronger and stronger fighting forces.

What is militarism?

400

The domination of a weaker country by a stronger one for economic benefits.

What is imperialism?

500

Pride in one's country and the willingness to fight for it.

What is nationalism?

WWI Events

100

The sinking of this ship was one of the causes for the U.S. to get involved in the war.

What is the Lusitania?

200

This type of warfare featured long manmade ditches and "no man's land".

What is trench warfare? 

300

True or False: Trench warfare led to a stalemate.

TRUE, neither side advanced much

400

This country sought to get revenge against Serbia for the assassination of its archduke.

What is Austria-Hungary?

500

This event almost caused Mexico to get involved in the war with Germany by their side.

What is the Zimmermann Telegram?

WWI Vocab

100

Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Germany

Who are the Central Powers?

200

Great Britain, France, Russia/Soviet Union, US

Who are the Allies?

300

The American President during WWI.

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

400

These ________ posters would convince the public to do certain acts for WWI.

What is propaganda?

500

Name another word for "cease-fire".

Armistice

WWI Outcomes

100

What date did WWI end in an armistice?

November 11, 1918

200

This country had to accept responsibility for the war and pay reparations.

Germany

300

The name of the treaty that ended the war (spelling counts!)

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

400

The peacekeeping organization following WWI that was part of the Treaty of Versailles.

What is the League of Nations?

500

This country left the Allies in 1917 because they had a civil war called the Bolshevik Revolution. 

Russia