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World War I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a large airship used by Germans for bombing raids | Zeppelin |
| In trench warfare, the name of the empty space between the two opposing sides' front lines | No Man's Land |
| a competition between counties to see who can create the most powerful weapons | militarism |
| these countries formed the Triple Alliance | Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy |
| used for the first time in WW1 and could carry 3 men and travel about 3 mph | tanks |
| gave Germany the blame for starting the war | Treaty of Versailles |
| agreements between countries to help each other in a time of need | alliances |
| used in trenches to protect men from incoming bullets | sandbags |
| established to protect world peace in the future; and assembly of all nations | League of Nations |
| pride in one's country | nationalism |
| these countries formed the Triple Entente | Britain, France, Russia |
| fights between two planes | dogfights |
| building an empire by taking over other countries | imperialism |
| his assassination was said to be the event that started WW1 | Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| This type of gas was the most deadly weapon and when fired in trenches caused vomiting, blistering skin, sore eyes, and internal bleeding | mustard gas |
| caused from standing in water in the trenches for long periods of time | trenchfoot |
| Germans relied on them, using torpedoes to blow up ships carrying supplies to Britain | submarines |
| the line of fighting between Russia, German and Austria and was located on the eastern side of Europe | the Eastern Front |
| American troops joined to fight with which troops in 1918? | British and French` |
| It was put in front of trenches as a barricade | barbed wire |
| the American president during WW1 that proposed the 14-point plan | Woodrow Wilson |
| the passenger liner topedoed by Germany in 1915 | Lusitania |
| race between Germany and Britain even before WW1 | naval race |
| mainly a trench warfare system | The Western Front |
| name given to fighting that took place along the border between Italy and Austria | the Italian Front |
| Name used to refer to the key areas of fighting in a war | theatres of war |