WWI Review

World War I lasted from _________

• 1900-1905

• 1920-1925

• 1914-1918

• 2000-2020

Select ALL of the main causes of WWI

• Nationalism

• Alliances were formed: Central Powers and Allies

• A rise of big business in America

• The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

What is nationalism?

• The tension between two countries

• The belief that each country should handle their own affairs

• A patriotic song sung by Americans

• The love for one's country and the desire to have that country free

These countries belong to which alliance?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey

• Central Powers

• Allies

These countries belong to which alliance?

Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, and Belgium

• Central Powers

• Allies

On June 28, 1914, a/an _____________ nationalist assassinated Archduke Ferdinand and his wife.

• Serbian

• Belgium

• American

• Italian

This assassination led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Soldiers used ___________ and _______ as weapons for the first time during WWI.

• machine guns, grenades

• muskets, poison gas

• airplanes, submarines

• pistols, submarines

Soldiers fought in ________ during WWI.

• trenches

• ditches

• barracks

• platoons

Which of these was NOT a hardship of fighting in the trenches.

• trench foot

• lice

• sunburn

• shell shock