What is the M in MANIA and how does it relate to WWI?
What is militarism and many European countries built up massive armies and navies to compete with one another?
100
What countries made up the Triple Entente?
What were Great Britain, France, and Russia?
100
What is the definition of a stalemate?
What is a situation in which neither side can make progress?
100
What is the country that created the Schlieffen Plan?
What is Germany?
100
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
What is the peace treaty between the Allied Powers and Germany?
200
What is the first A in MANIA and how is it related to WWI?
What is alliances and European powers split into two alliances, agreeing to protect each other when threatened, and eventually pulling more nations into the war?
200
What countries made up the Triple Alliance?
What were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy?
200
What is the location where most trenches were dug during WWI?
What is the Western Front (or France, along its eastern border with Germany and Belgium)?
200
What is the type of war Germany was trying to avoid?
What is a two-front war?
200
What is the League of Nations and whose idea was it?
What is a peacekeeping body made up of multiple nations and Woodrow Wilson (14 Points)?
300
What is the I in MANIA and how does it relate to WWI?
What is imperialism and European nations were in competition with each other to gain more colonies abroad; Britain and France felt particularly threatened by Germany's attempt to expand into Africa?
300
What countries were the principal members of the Allied Powers (formerly Triple Entente) during the war?
What were Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan?
300
What are four features of life in the trenches?
What are a variety of answers, including: smell, corpses, rats, diseases, trench foot, unsanitary conditions, boredom, specific jobs, noise, and exposure to heavy gun/artillery fire?
300
What is the neutral country through which Germany planned to invade France?
What is Belgium?
300
What is the reason the U.S. entered the war?
What is German aggression (unrestricted submarine warfare, encouraging Mexico to join the war)?
400
What was the "spark" of WWI and what nations were involved?
What is the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian terrorist organization?
400
What countries were the principal members of the Central Powers (formerly the Triple Alliance) during the war?
What were Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria?
400
What are the four types of gases used during WWI?
What are tear gas, chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas?
400
What was the plan for defeating Russia and France?
What was send a small number of troops to hold off Russia while quickly invading and defeating France, then sending the victorious troops east to defeat Russia?
400
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
What is the peace treaty that took Russia out of the war?
500
What is the reason for the archduke's assassination?
What is he was next in line for the Austro-Hungarian throne, and the Black Hand organization wanted Bosnia to be free of Austria-Hungary so Bosnia could become part of a larger Serbian kingdom of slavic people?
500
What is the reason the Triple Entente changed their name during the war?
What is there were no longer only three countries in the alliance and the "entente" (agreement in French) referred to a specific agreement between only the original three countries?
500
Which country first used tear gas in the war and which country first used lethal gases?
What is France (tear gas) and Germany (lethal gases - Chlorine)?
500
What is the reason the plan failed?
What is the German troops were exhausted after their rapid advancement through France and Belgium, and Germany had to reroute troops from France to Russia on the Eastern Front due to the size of Russian army?
500
What is the "war guilt clause"?
What is Germany had to admit complete responsibility for starting the war, as decided by the Treaty of Versailles?