World War I

3 events or ideas that caused World War I

• Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was shot by a Serbian man.

•  Alliances between countries, such as Germany & Austria-Hungary

• A nuclear bomb was dropped on Japan

• Nationalism ideas caused European countries to want to show how powerful they were.

2 reasons the United States joined World War 1

• Germany asked Mexico to attack the United States in the Zimmerman Telegram.

• France asked Japan to attack the United States in order to get them to join the war.

• Germany used u-boats to sink ships with supplies and innocent people aboard.

• Austria-Hungry bombed the United States.

The alliance of the Triple Entente during WWI included:

• England, France, & Russia

• Germany, Austria-Hungary

• Italy, Japan, and China

The alliance of the Central Powers during WWI included:

• England, France, and Russia

• Germany and Austria-Hungary

• Italy, Japan, and China

The Allies and Central Powers of World War I have this in common

• They both agreed to fight against Japan

• They were both made of countries that agreed to support one another.

• They both wanted to take over the United States.

The United States did not want to get involved in World War I and could be called this

• neutrality

• militarism

• allies

The system of a country ruling over a foreign country is called

• communism

• democracy

• imperialism

 The desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it  to defend or promote national interests is called

• nationalism

• militarism

• imperialism

 Loyalty and devotion to a nation and the belief that the country is better than other countries is called

•  nationalism

•  militarism

•  imperialism

 2 items that would be considered new technology used during World War I

• uboats

• swords

• machine guns