World War I & the Treaty of Versailles

Which nations were members of the Central Powers? (Choose ALL that apply)

• Austria-Hungary

• Germany

• Ottoman Empire

• Great Britain

How was WWI different from wars that were previously fought?

• Women were allowed to serve in the army

• New weapons made war more deadly

• It was fought mainly on water

• Only European nations were involved

How did the alliance system contribute to the start of World War I?

• It failed to include Germany and France as members

• It increased tensions between European countries

• It threatened countries in the western hemisphere

• It allowed Japanese aggression in Korea

What were the MAIN causes of WWI?

• manufacturing, agriculture, industry, and nationalism

• money, alliances, industry, and navy

• militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism

• modernization, aggression, imperialism, and nationalism

What is No Man's Land?

• Land between the opposing trenches

• Land used for battlefields

• Land used for the bathroom

• Land behind the trenches

What was the “spark” that started World War I?

• the armistice

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The sinking of the Lusitania

What was the significance of November 11, 1918?

• armistice (cease-fire) was signed

• America entered the war

• Germany fired on U.S. soil

• Archduke Ferndinand was assassinated

New technology included all of the following EXCEPT which one

• gas mask

• machine guns

• Atomic Bombs

• flamethrowers

The U.S. was ______ at the beginning of the war.

• on the side of the Russians

• neutral

• on the side of the Germans

• on the side of the British

When men left their jobs to go to war, who took over those jobs?

• children

• no one

• women

• their boss had to do all the work