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 sent Serbia an impossible ultimatum after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Who is Austria-Hungary?
An agreement to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
Countries that belonged to the Allied Powers.
What is France, UK, Russia, and USA?
The belief that a nation needs a larger aggressive force to prepare for war.
What is Militarism
The name of the area between opposing trenches where it would be bad for soldiers to get stuck.
What is No Man's Land?
This region was known as the "powder keg of Europe"
What is the Balkans?
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 was first used in WWI. The main purpose was for reconnaissance. They would later be used to drop bombs.
What is the airplane
After Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia a member of the Triple Entente came to their defense
Who is Russia?
Reason why World War I was more destructive than previous wars.
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?
German war plan to defeat the Allies at the start of the War
What is the Von Schlieffen Plan
The ethnicity of Gavrilo Princip
What is Serbian?
Payments for war damage.
What is reparations?
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 Sarajevo, Bosnia
The chemical weapon temporarily blinded Hitler in World War I.
What is Mustard Gas?
One of the main turning points in the war, the Battle of the Marne occurred in this country.
What is France?
A quick victory over France combined with a slowly mobilizing Russia was essential to the primary goal of the Schlieffen Plan's goal
What is to avoid a two front war?