Causes of the War
Which to countries majorly made up the Central Powers?
Germany & Austria-Hungary
How would soldiers defend their trenches?
Barbed wire, machine guns, poison gas, digging holes in front of their own trench.
Why were tanks invented during WWI?
To safely transport soldiers across no man's land, and to breach enemy trenches.
What year did America join the war?
1917
Which allied country was not included in treaty talks after the war?
Russia (they dropped out in 1917)
Which 3 countries majorly made up the Allies? (not including America)
France, Russia, Great Britain
What was "No Man's Land"?
The baron and deadly area between two enemy trenches.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
Germany's plan to attack France first, and then Russia to avoid fighting a war on 2 fronts. (Failure)
What was America's "Convoy System"?
Using large navy destroyers to protect small shipping boats when sending supplies overseas from U-Boat attacks.
What is the name of the official treaty that ended the war?
The Treaty of Versailles
What was the name of the man who SHOT Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip.
How did machine guns change warfare?
Allowed one soldier to shoot hundreds of bullets per minute, making it easier to kill. (which is not a great thing.)
What is a dogfight?
Aerial fighting between 2 or more airplanes.
In a popular propaganda poster from the time, Americans often said "Food is ______________" when reffering to their war efforts.
Ammunition
What was the name of Woodrow Wilson's post-war plan?
Wilson's 14 points. The 14 Points. Or Wilson's 14 points for Peace.
How did alliances turn a small conflict into a World War?
A domino effect from country to country, eventually getting all involved.
Why was artillery fire during WWI so deadly/effective?
Artillery could be miles away from the battlefield.
Countries had almost endless supplies of shells to fire
The damage from explosions was larger than ever before.
What is shellshock?
A form of PTSD soldiers experienced when they returned home, after months of constant artillery fire in the trenches.
What was the name of the act that required men age 18-25 to register for a draft?
The Selective Service Act
What disease outbreak near the end of WWI increased worldwide deaths by nearly 30 million.
The Spanish Flu
What nationalist group was the Serbian assassin apart of?
The Black Hand
*Daily Double* (need both answers!)
A British ship carrying passengers is destroyed by a German machine. What is the German machine called? What was the name of the ship that was sunk.
RMS Lusitania, sunk by a German U-Boat
What battle did Germany lose that forced them to begin holding their ground by digging trenches?
The First Battle of the Marne.
What 3 States were promised to return to Mexico in the telegram sent from Germany? (Need all 3)
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico.
How much money was Germany forced to pay because they 100% caused the war?
$33 Billion ($600 billion today)