Causes of WW1 & Alliances
The single act of violence that started the entire conflict.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
State of war was declared at this time on August 4th, 1914.
When is 11pm?
List 3 hardships faced by soldiers living in the trenches.
What is...
-Lice and rats
-Being surrounded by deceased battle mates
-Trench Foot, disease and infection
The use of relatively permanent trench system to attack and counterattack during war.
What is trench warfare?
PTSD was previously known under another name.
What is Shell Shock?
M.A.I.N stands for...
What is...
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The country that declared war on multiple countries within less than 1 week.
What is Germany?
Prevention for trench foot.
What is keeping feet clean, warm and dry, changing socks multiple times a day, and using Whale-Oil to repel water and keep feet dry?
An outdated tactic that led to a large number of casualties (deaths) by machine gun.
What is walking in a straight line directly toward the enemy lines?
The reason we know so much about soliders' experiences.
What is they wrote about their day-to-day lives?
The role alliances played in the start of WWI.
What is...the alliance system created a snowball effect on a smaller conflict, which escalated it to a larger conflict?
This country denied Germany entry to invade another country.
What is France?
Factors that led to shell-shock. List 3.
What is...
-constant stress of enemy attack/death
-irregular meals
-horrid living conditions
-loss of sleep
-torment from rats and lice
The use of toxic gasses such as chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas.
What is chemical warfare?
The reason No Man's Land was littered with bodies that could not be retrieved.
What is enemy fire made it nearly impossible to collect fallen soldiers?
The country in which the assassination took place.
Where is Bosnia & Herzegovina?
On July 30th, Germany gave this country an ultimatum to demobilize troops within 12 hours or face war.
Who is Russia?
The purpose of designing trenches in a zig-zag angle.
What is to provide protection and decrease the chance of the enemy firing directly down into a trench?
Invented in 1903, this technological development was used to gather information about the enemy's location and power. Eventually this technology was later innovated to attack the enemy.
What are planes?
Disease beginning with numbness, progressing to lack of blood supply, further progressing to open sores.
What is trench foot?
The Allied Powers. (9)
France, Great Britain (United Kingdom), Russia, Italy (after 1915), Japan, Serbia, Belgium, Greece (later in the war), and Portugal
_________ declared war on _________ after an "unsatisfactory reply" to the ultimatum that Belgium should be kept neutral.
Who is Great Britain & Germany?
Types of trenches. List 3 of 4.
What are...
-Communication Trenches
-Reserve Trenches
-Support Trench
-Front-Line Trench
Technology developed used to navigate the land where war was taking place and around trenches.
What are tanks?
Germany, France, United Kingdom made up this military theatre.
What is the Western Front?