World War I Participants
Countries that belonged to the Central Powers.
What is Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire?
A strong sense of pride, loyalty and protectiveness towards your country. It was a belief that one's country was the best and that their country was more important than any other country.
What is Nationalism
The kind of static warfare that both sides entered into on the Western Front for most of the War.
What is Trench Warfare
Country that is blamed for starting World War I.
Who is Germany?
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
Countries that belonged to the Allied Powers.
What is France, UK, Russia, and USA?
Examples of competition that caused this war.
Power
Land and Resources
Weapons
Nationalism
Area between opposing trenches.
What is No Man's Land?
A reason that the Allies won the war.
Entry of the US: superior manpower
More resouces
Stronger morale
A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.
What is stalemate?
Country where most of the battles in the Western Front took place.
What is France.
The Central Powers and The Allies during World War I are examples of this
What are Alliances
This weapon, developed in the early 20th century, was the first used on a large scale in World War I, marking a new era in land combat. It could cross trenches and barbed wire, but was often unreliable.
What is the tank?
The German leader who used the hatred of the Treaty of Versailles as propaganda
Who is Adolf Hitler
What is modern weapons?
Originally part of the Triple Alliance but later joined the Allied Powers.
What is Italy?
The assassination of this man that is considered to be the spark of World War I?
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
The development of this type of machine gun allowed soldiers to provide sustained firepower, greatly increasing the killing capacity on the frontlines.
What is the "Maxim gun" or machine gun?
This treaty ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles
Soldiers left their trenches to play a football game. Germany won 3-2 over Britain.
What is the Christmas Truce?
Country that the Russian Empire was willing to defend from Austria-Hungary
Who is Serbia?
The city and country where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
What is Sarajaveo, Bosnia
It temporarily blinded Hitler in World War I. These chemical agents, first used by the Germans in 1915, caused severe burns, blindness, and death. Chlorine gas was the first of their kind to be deployed in battle.
What is Mustard Gas
The war officially ended at this date and time.
What is November 11, 2018, at 11:00 am?
The unit of all African American soldier that fought for the French army during WWI, including Henry Johnson who won France's highest medal for combat.
Harlem Hellfighters
Rattlers