World War I

What sparked World War I?

• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Assassination of John F. Kennedy

• Assassination of Martin Luther King

• Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Russia, Great Britain, and France were all part of the

• Allied Powers
• Central Powers
• Axis Powers
• Neutral Powers

Germany and Austria-Hungary were all a part of the

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

• Neutral Powers

What country was neutral at the beginning of the war?

• France
• United States
• Russia
• Germany

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What type of fighting was used in WWI?

• Guerrilla Warfare
• Total Warfare
• Subwarfare
• Trench Warfare

What was the stretch of land between the trenches?

• No Mans Land

• La La land

• Attack Trenches

• Switzerland

What new technology sank allied and neutral supply ships?

• Dreadnoughts
• U-Boats
• Airplanes

What were the two main alliances during World War I

• Central Powers

• Union Powers

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

What were the two reasons the United States entered World War I?

• The sinking of a passenger ship, the Lusitania, by a German submarine.

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

• The United States wanted to prevent future attacks on their own land.

• The Zimmerman Note, which asked Mexico to join the Central Powers if the United States declared war on Germany.

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The Treaty of Versailles punished ____________ with big fines when the war was over.

• Germany

• Russia

• The Ottoman Empire

• Austria-Hungary

• Bulgaria

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