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WWI World History
World War One for World History
Question | Answer |
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4 Main Causes of WWI | Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism |
Immediate Cause of WWI | Assassination of Franz Ferdinand |
Idea that a nation's strength is determined by its resources | Militarism |
Intense feelings of patriotism for your country | Nationalism |
Serbian nationalist who assassinated Franz Ferdinand | Gavrilo Princip |
2 major European alliances before WWI | Triple Alliance Triple Entente |
Alliance before WWI made up of Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary | Triple Alliance |
Alliance before WWI made up of Great Britain, Russia, and France | Triple Entente |
Country which declared war on Serbia to begin WWI | Austria Hungary |
2 major sides fighting in WWI | Central Powers Allies |
Side during WWI which included the USA, Russia, and Great Britain | Allies |
Only South American country involved in WWI | Brazil |
Side during WWI which included the Ottoman Empire, Germany, and Austria Hungary | Central Powers |
Type of warfare which resulted in a deadlock and war of attrition during WWI | Trench warfare |
Failed German battle plan to defeat France quickly then attack Russia | Schlieffen Plan |
Space between opposing trenches | No Man's Land |
Term for Psychological and physical trauma experienced by soldiers during WWI | Shell Shock |
The invention of this severely limited the success of poison gas | Gas masks |
Most famous American ace fighter pilot | Eddie Rickenbacker |
Most famous German ace | Red Baron |
Occurs when Governments commit all their nation’s resources & take over industry to win a war | Total War |
Type of war where both sides try to wear down the enemy | War of Attrition |