The ______ Front was characterized by hundreds of miles of trench warfare and little movement.

What was a major difference between the Eastern and Western Fronts in World War I?

Which area was called the "powder keg" of Europe and was the place where World War I began?

___ was one of the most common diseases in the trench

Roughly how long did trenches span along the Western Front?

_____ fought against Germany and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front?

Germany’s Schlieffen Plan involved going through the country of ________ to attack France instead of attacking France directly from their border

The United States entered into World War I during ______.

The area between the German trenches and the Allied trenches was called _____

Which weapon forced soldiers into the trenches

Which weapon was invented by the British/English

Which weapon was used mostly by the Germans

Which weapon was responsible for the most causalities during WWI?

Which country was not part of the Triple Entente?

The Hague Conventions (1890, 1907, and later–1954) established an international court of law and defined war crimes, like the use of poisonous gas and attacking hospital ships via international treaties. These war crimes were based on the Lieber code (1863) that was issued by _____

• Many of the combat veterans of WWI suffered from _____ as a result of the stresses and trauma of combat; a condition referred to today as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

What was President Wilson’s initial attitude toward the US involvement in World War 1?

___ was a common gum infection during WW1 associated with the stress of nonstop bombardment

• The first successful poison gas attack during war was carried out by the Germans against the British in 1915 at the battle of Ypres., resulting in about 1,100 men being killed and more than 7,000 injured. ______ is the type of gas that was used in this attack.

• _____ is a colorless gas that takes time to kill.  Victims don’t know they’ve been exposed until days after inhaling it. It was first used by Germans, but the Allies made it their primary chemical weapon later in the war

• _____ blisters and burns the skin on contact.  Even if soldiers wore gas masks to protect their lungs, it would seep into their woolen uniforms and even burn through the soles of their boots. A young Adolph Hitler was injured by this at the battle of Ypres.

____ invented planes for the Germans during WWI. He invented a mechanism that allowed machine guns to be mounted on the front of an aircraft behind the propeller, revolutionizing air combat. After the Great War, he moved to the United States and created the first aircraft to fly to Antarctica and the first plane to be flown around the world by a woman.

___ were Germans who specialized in trench warfare and were known for effectively mounting daring nighttime incursions behind enemy lines.

___ allied with the Central Powers and fought mostly against the Russian and British empires during WWI.

Which country switched sides from the Central Powers to the Allies during World War I?

____ instigated Arab leaders in the Middle East to rebel against their Ottoman rulers. These rebellions resulted in large areas of land being taken over by Arab nationalists, including the city of Bagdad

Between the trench lines on the Western front of Germany lay an empty track of land known as ' ____, pocketed with shell holes and strung with barbed wire.

An Allied offensive at the ______ River was even more costly than the battle for Verdun. This resulted in nearly 60,000 British soldiers killed in a single day, the first day of the battle. More than one million soldiers were killed over the course of the 5 month long battle. The battle ended without either side winning an advantage.

In 1915, Germany used ______, large gas filled piloted balloons, to bomb the English coast.

To defend against submarines, the Allies organized ______, or groups of merchant ships protected by warships.

The Allied attack at the Somme had two objectives. One of the objectives was to relieve German pressure on the French Army at ____, where it has been experiencing serve losses for months, and to inflict as heavy loses as possible on the German armies.

Without a decisive breakthrough at the Somme river, the months that followed turned into a bloody stalemate. In an attempt to turn the tide, the British renewed their offensive using _____ for the first time, but also failed to make a significant impact.

____ was Sergeant Stubby, the mascot for the U.S. military during WWI.