The Great War

True or False: The trenches were typically cold, wet, dirty and diseases spread quickly

• True

• False

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

• Document that gave more power to Germany

• Peace agreement to end the war

• Agreement to give back some of the Native American's land

• agreement to punish Serbia for starting the war

The League of Nations was created for what reason?

• prevent future conflict

• to set up alliances

• to build up the armies of nations

• to divide up the land after the war

The Treaty of Versailles placed total blame for World War I on one country.  It included harsh punishments which led to World War II.  Which country was blamed by the treaty?

• Germany
• Serbia
• Russia
• France

Who were the new workers in the factories who replaced the men who went to war for the U.S. during World War I?

• African Americans, immigrants and women

• women, African Americans and children

• American Indians and Immigrants

• teachers and students

As countries in Europe built up their armies in the early 1900s, they also made alliances with one another.  Which of the following BEST describes an alliance?

• a belief that your country is superior to others
• a declaration of war by one country against another
• an agreement that nations make to defend one another
• a conflict in which one country takes over another country

Heir to the Austrian throne is assassinated in Sarajevo which was the spark that caused the Great War

• Archduke Francis Ferdinand

• John Pershing

• Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

• Czar Nicholas II

The payments made (forced) upon the losing nation of a conflict to cover the cost of the war and punish the losers.

• Self Determination

• Reparations

• Resolution Payments

• Antwerp

German U-Boats sink British passenger ship, killing 1,198 including 128 Americans on board.

• Titanic

• Lusitania

• Andrea Doria

• The HMS Juno

Germany calls for alliance with Mexico to attack the USA, should the USA enter the war.

• Zamboni Note

• Zimmermann Telegram

• Ziegler Note

• Mexican Cipher