WW1 Flashcards
who was assassinated to start ww1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which country sided with Germany?
Austria-hungry
What were pal ballitalions
Where lots of people from the same community signed up to the war toghere
What does conscription mean?
When you are made to sign up the army
What does stalemate mean?
When you are in the trenches are no one is moving
What do we call the places where trenches are located?
A front
Two new weapons in the war
Tanks and planes
Three feature of life in the trenches?
Rats, trench foot, stale food
Two ways that people in UKwere effected by the wa
Rationing and the zeplin raids
What country entered ww1 after they got their u-boats sunk?
USA
What methods did the sufferers use to get the vote?
They starved them self, stopped meeting and set fire to post boxes
How did women help in ww1
They worked in factories while the men were away at war
Explain why men Volunteered in ww1
felt like they need to protect their country
lots faced propaganda
a lot of nationalism and
people wanted their country to be victorious
What’s the order of the countries that join WW1?
Austria-hungry Serbia Russia France United Kingdom
