WWI People
The future leader of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated.
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
This event started the July Crisis at the very beginning of WWI.
A formal agreement between warring nations or groups to stop fighting.
What is an armistice?
The term for when people believe their country is best and should be loyal to their country's interests.
What is nationalism?
This empire considered itself the defender of Slavic peoples and had to withdraw from the war.
What was the Russian Empire?
The President of the United States during WWI.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
This empire encouraged Austria-Hungary to have a strong response to the July Crisis.
What was the German Empire?
This military technology led to extremely long battles and countless deaths.
What were trenches?
The term for when countries build up their militaries a lot and are willing to use military power to resolve conflicts.
What is militarism?
This country entered WWI late, but its involvement was important for the Allies.
What is the United States?
The person who killed Franz Ferdinand.
Who was a Serb nationalist/Gavrilo Princip?
____________ between European powers created a chain reaction of responses that led to war.
What are alliances?
This country switched sides in WWI.
What was Italy?
The term for when a political entity expands it territory to take control of more land, people, and resources.
What is imperialism?
This empire had the most powerful navy during WWI, which it used to create a blockade.
What was the British Empire?
This Prime Minister of England supported the Gallipoli Campaign and later resigned from politics for a while because it was such a disaster for the Allies.
Who was Winston Churchill?
France's government was angry about the previous loss of this territory and wanted to take it back.
What is Alsace-Lorraine?
This country dropped out of WWI because of protest by its people.
What was Russia?
The term for a policy or strategy that provides specific decision-making tools, often in a military context.
What is a doctrine?
This allied power country had the most devastation from the war.
What is France?
The political leader of Russia before the Russian Revolution.
Who was the Tsar/Tsar Nicholas II?
What are Serbia, France, and Great Britain?
This treaty officially ended WWI.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The term for the gradual, slow loss of people and resources. Many battles in WWI were examples of this.
What is attrition?
Many soldiers died not from injury but from diseases caused by the unsanitary conditions in the ________.
What are trenches?