WWI

Battles and Inventions

100

In this battle, the British lost 60,000 men on the first day.

What is the Battle of Somme?

200

According to documents, this side won the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

What is the Central Powers/ Germany?

300

This was invented as a response to barbed wire.

What is the tank?

400

This weapon revolutionized war and created trench warfare.

What is the machine gun?

500

This ship was sunk, which helped bring America into the war.

What was the Lusitania?

Literature

100

This poem romanticized war, telling people to "pick up the torch" left by those that died.

What is In Flanders Fields?

200

This poem told of Wilfred Owen's experiences, saying, "You would not tell your children... the old lie: ___________ pro patria mori."

What is Dulce et Decorum Est?

300

This book talks about a soldier's experience in hand-to-hand combat when an enemy falls into his shell-hole.

What is All Quiet on the Western Front?

400

This song, based on a 2006 documentary, goes through the story of a soldier's life and experiences in Iraq as he becomes cynical about war.

What is Hero of War?

500

Who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front?

who is Erich Marie Remarque?

MAIN Causes

100

This is what the M stands for in MAIN.

What is Militarism?

200

This is pride in your country.

What is Nationalism?

300

This is when two countries work together for a common cause.

What are Alliances?

400

This means to take over the political and economic aspects of another country.

What is Imperialism?

500

This is the name of the man assassinated to kick off WWI.

Who is Franz Ferdinand?

Countries

100

This country's archduke was assassinated, which led to them declaring war on Serbia.

What is Austria-Hungary?

200

This country withdrew from the war in 1917.

What is Russia/USSR?

300

This country joined the war in 1917 after the Zimmermann Telegram was intercepted by the British.

What is Amurrica?

400

Name one new country that was created after WWI.

What is Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,or Finland?

500

Name an empire that was broken up as a result of WWI.

What is German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, or Russian?

Versailles

100

This country took full blame for the war.

What is Germany?

200

This is the country that truly started WWI.

What is Serbia?

300

This was the peacekeeping organization founded after WWI.

What is the League of Nations?

400

This major branch of military was shut down in Germany after WWI.

What is the air force?

500

This was the name of the buffer zone between Germany and France.

What is the Rhineland/ DMZ?