WW1

Question 1

An aggressive strengthening of military force

Answer 1

Militarism

Question 2

An agreement made between two or more
countries to give help if needed

Answer 2

Alliances

Question 3

When a country takes over new lands or
countries makes them subject to their rule

Answer 3

Imperialism

Question 4

A strong sense of pride and loyalty to one’s
country or culture

Answer 4

Nationalism

Question 5

Firestepswerewoodenplanksbuiltintothedirtwallofatrench that allowed soldiers to see over the sandbags on the front wall.
Duckboardswerelargewoodenplankslaidoverareaswherewater gathered.
Germansexpectedawarofattritionorstalematetoahigherdegree than the Allied forces.
Therefore, German trenches were much more sophisticated with electricity, toilets, and even beds.

British and French trenches were wet, muddy, cold, and dark.
All trenches had lice,rats,dead bodies, and often rawsewage.
Trenchfoot, trench fever,and boredom were down fall so fall
trenches

Answer 5

Trenches of WWI

Question 6

The WWI Western Front ran from the English Channel to Switzerland.
The Allied Powers were on one side and the Central Powers on the other.
The WWI Eastern Front was the barrier between Russian and German armies and went away when Russia left the war

Answer 6

The Fronts and Weapons of WWI

Question 7

A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
• WWIweaponshadtheabilitytocausegreatlyincreasingdamage during WWI, but armor DID NOT improve at the same rate.
o Tanks – Airplanes – Poisonous Gas – Machine Guns –
Improved Artillery - Flame Throwers VS Gas Masks – Steel Helmet
§ As a result, the death count grew extremely high and caused the need for trench warfare.
• WWIwasthefirst-time chemical gas was used in an active war zone

Answer 7

Trench Warfare

Question 8

TheUnitedStatesenteredthewarbecause:
o Blockades were impacting American way of life. o Germans sunk the Lusitania

Answer 8

The US in WWI

Question 9

Secret note from Germany to Mexico that tried to get Mexico to join German war effort. It was intercepted by the British and published in newspapers to encourage the U.S. to join the war.
• USTroopswerecommandedbyJohnJ.Pershing

• Femalesacrosstheworldworkedinfactorieswhilemenfought WWI

Answer 9

The Zimmermann Telegram

Question 10

WWIendedat11:00amonNovember11,1918
o “Armistice Day” – Veteran’s Day

Answer 10

The End of WWI

Question 11

Truce or agreement to end a dispute
• GloballeadersmetatVersailles,inFrance,tosettledetailsofthe war treaty

Answer 11

Armistice

Question 12

President Wilson’s list of ideas for
how to live in peace after the war.
• Germany was required to take full blame of the war.
• Germany lost land to other countries and had to pay reparations to
fix the damage the war caused

Answer 12

Fourteen Point Plan

Question 13

Payments for war debt or war guilt
• GermanywasforbiddentohavetanksoranactiveAirForce.
• TheLeagueofNationswascreatedtokeepglobalpeace,butit
failed miserably

Answer 13

Reparations

Question 14

The international assembly that would
work to settle international disagreements created by Woodrow Wilson

Answer 14

League of Nations