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World War I Review

Weapons Of WWI

Question: What weapon used in Air Warfare was designed to fly high above other airplanes and carrying out bombing raids?
Answer: The Zeppelin

Question: Trenches were designed to protect soldiers from what weapons?
Answer: The machine guns and barbed wire

Question: The land that lay in between two enemy trenches is known as...
Answer: No Man's Land

Question: Air Warfare became especially popular during World War I. A pilot who shot down ten enemy planes was known as a...
Answer: Ace!

Question: When the Germans sank this ship many Americans felt like it was time The United States entered World War I?

Answer: The Lusitania

Battles of WWI

Question: The Battle of Somme is known as
Answer: The bloodiest and most deadly battle in all of World War I

Question: The Battle of Verdun was between which two countries?
Answer: Germany and France

Question: What type of chemical warfare was first used by the Germans at the second Battle of Ypres?
Answer: Chlorine Gas

Question: On December 25th 1914 war temporarily stopped on the front line. This was known as..

Answer: The Christmas Truce

Question: Germany signed the Armistice on November 11th, 1918. Please define Armistice
Answer: A cease fire agreement.

Important People

Question: Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to be emperor of what country?

Answer: The Austro-Hungarian Empire

Question: When Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie traveled to Serbia he was assassinated. This is considered to be..

Answer: The Event that sparked World War I!

Question: Gavrilo Princip was part of what Serbian nationalist group?
Answer: The Black Hand

Question: President Woodrow Wilson declared that The United States would enter World War I to ensure what?
Answer: That the world was safe for democracy

Question: During World War I Russia experienced a revolution. The Communist party took over power. Who was the leader of the communist party?
Answer: Vladmir Lenin

Women In WWI

Question: What were some of the jobs that women held before World War I?
Answer: Teachers, Office Secretaries, House Maids

Question: Propaganda posters encourage women to do two things. What are they?
Answer: Send their men off to war and to join the workforce.

Question: Women often joined the work force in munitions factory. What did the munitions factory make?
Answer: Ammunition, Guns, Bullets

Question: During World War I women found jobs as..
Answer: Nurses, factory workers, train car drivers, etc.

Question: Women joining the workforce helped contribute to which amendment being passed in 1920?
Answer: The 19th Amendment

Declarations of War

Question: Why did Serbia ask Austria-Hungary for part of their land?
Answer: Many Serbians were living in their land and they wanted to unite their people to become ONE nation!

Question: After Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Serbia originally asked which country for help?
Answer: Russia

Question: Why did Germany declare war on Russia?
Answer: Russia was mobilizing their armies to help protect Serbia.

Question: The Schlieffen Plan was Germanys plan to win the war in six weeks. Which two countries did Germany plan to attack?
Answer: France and Russia

Question: What MAIN cause of WWI caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Russia?
Answer: Alliances. Germany was already at war with Russia and Austria-Hungary was forced to help.