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| When was the Great War fought? | 1914-1918 |
| What were the MAIN causes of the Great War? | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
| What event triggered the outbreak of the war? | Assassination of Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo |
| What was the Black Hand? | A Serbian national organization which assassinated the Archduke |
| Who ruled Germany? | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| Who ruled Russia? | Czar Nicholas II |
| Who was the American President during the Great War? | Woodrow Wilson |
| What is a U-boat? | German submarine |
| What is militarism? | A build-up of weapons, armies, & navies |
| What was the largest luxury liner afloat until it was torpedoed by U-boats? | Lusitania |
| Who or what was "Big Bertha"? | Germany's monster field cannon with a range of over 60 miles. |
| What was the name of the blasted, burned, barbed-wire area between two opposing trench lines? | No Man's Land |
| What was the official Ameircan foreign policy until its war declaration in 1917? | Neutrality |
| Which countries were the Central Powers? | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire |
| Which countries were the main Allied Powers before 1917? | Britain, France, Russia |
| What was the greatest killer of the Great War? | The 1918 Flu Epidemic |
| What was the main feature of warfare along the Western Front? | Trench warfare |
| Where was the Eastern Front? | Between Russia and Germany/Austria-Hungary |
| What revelation resulted in Wilson asking the American Congress for a declaration of war? | Zimmerman Telegram |
| What word best describes trench warfare? | Stalemate |
| What were the horrors of trench warfare? | Mud, rats, and trenchfoot |
| What term was coined for a quadruple amputee? | Basket case |
| Why was this a total war? | It affected the lives of civilians through wartime shortages, propaganda, destruction and sacrifices |
| Why was this a global war? | Naitons on 6 continents fought and the conflict was spread over seas and continents |
| What "Iron Chancellor" was the architect of German unification in 1873? | Otto van Bismarck |
| British, France, Belgian troops combined to oust German control of all African colonies except which one? | East Africa |
| What flamboyant British officer mobilized Arab tribesmen to fight against the Ottoman Turks ? | T.E. Lawrence |
| What brilliant German Flying Ace downed 80 Allied planes? | Baron Manfred von Richthofen |
| What were the new or improved technologies of the war? | Poison gas, airplanes, submarines, tanks, automatic guns |
| What failed assult embarrassed England and failed to aid Russia? | Gallipolli |
| What was Germany's early plan to cut through Belgium and knock out France before fighting Russia? | Schlieffen Plan |
| What characterized fighting along the Eastern Front? | The heaviest casualities of the war and widespread movement of troops. |
| What were the 3 types of poison gas? | Mustard, phosgene, chlorine |
| Of the 14 points in his Peace Plan, which alone was Wilson able to save at the Paris talks? | League of Nations |
| Why did Germany use unrestricted submarine warfare? | British naval blockade |
| What agreement diplomatically ended the Great War? | The Treaty of Versailles |
| What were the Versailles Treaty terms upon Germany? | War guilt, war debt, stripped of colonies and military |
| What British offensive along the Western Front resulted in 58,000 dead in a day? | Somme |
| What was the last major offensive along the Western Front? | Meuse-Argonne |
| What was the German offensive along the Western front that was the deadliest loss of lives? | Verdun |
| Why did the British want to move east of Egypt and control Turkish-held Mesopotamia? | Oil was discovered there in 1906 |
| What Asian nation modernized and entered the Allied side? | Japan |
| Why did Japan fight in the Great War? | It wanted to gain German lands in China and along the Pacific Ocean |
| What event cause Russia to seek a separate peace with Germany? | The Bolshevik - Russian (Communist) Revolution |
| Which Allied country had the greatest casualties? | Russia |
| Which Central Powers country had the greatest casualties? | Germany |
| How many soldiers died altogether? | 10 million |
| What was the purpose of a victory garden? | People were encouraged to grow their own food so farmers' produce would feed armies |
| What South American nation was on the Allied side? | Brazil |
| What how did the Versailles Treaty punish Germany? | It stripped Germany of overseas colonies, war guilt, reparations, disarmament. |
| What wa the conclusion of the war? | Germany surrendered on November 11, 1918 |
