Première Guerre Mondiale

Question 1

guerre de mouvement 1

Answer 1

Août-octobre 1914

First phase of World War I characterized by fast-moving battles

Question 2

guerre de position

Answer 2

Novembre 1914-mars 1918

Second phase of World War I characterized by trench warfare

Question 3

guerre de mouvement 2

Answer 3

Mars-novembre 1918

Third phase of World War I characterized by mobile battles

Question 4

traité de Francfort

Answer 4

1871

Treaty signed after French capitulation to Prussia, resulting in the loss of Alsace-Lorraine

Question 5

l’assassinat de François Ferdinand

Answer 5

28 Juillet 1914

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, sparking the beginning of World War I

Question 6

l’Allemagne déclare la guerre à la France

Answer 6

3 août 1914

Germany declares war on France, escalating tensions

Question 7

plan Schielffen

Answer 7

Septembre 1914

German military plan for quick victory in World War I, followed by the Battle of the Marne

Question 8

génocide arménien

Answer 8

1915-1916

Tragic event of mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire

Question 9

bataille de Verdun

Answer 9

21 février-18 décembre 1916

Long and costly battle during World War I in France

Question 10

bataille de la Somme

Answer 10

1er juillet-18 novembre 1916

Major battle of World War I on the Western Front

Question 11

les Etats-Unis entrent en guerre

Answer 11

6 avril 1917

United States joins World War I

Question 12

révolution d’Octobre en Russie

Answer 12

Octobre 1917

Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

Question 13

traité de Brest-Litovsk

Answer 13

1918

Treaty between Germany and Russia, marking Russia’s exit from World War I

Question 14

signature de l’armistice

Answer 14

11 novembre 1918

Ceasefire agreement ending World War I

Question 15

signature du traité de Versailles

Answer 15

28 juin 1919

Treaty signed to officially end World War I and impose heavy penalties on Germany