WWI

Question 1

First Battle of Marne

Answer 1

due to trench warfare, the battle dragged on for months

Question 2

Battle of Somme

Answer 2

launched by Allies

Question 3

Battle of Verdun

Answer 3

German battle that resulted in French victory

Question 4

Battle of Gallipoli

Answer 4

in April of 1915 when Allies landed in Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire

Question 5

2nd Battle of Marne

Answer 5

turning point of the war

Question 6

u-boat

Answer 6

a German submarine used to sink Allied ships

Question 7

Lusitania

Answer 7

a British passenger liner that was sunk by German u-boats, killing 128 Americans

Question 8

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 8

a telegram sent by the German Foreign Secretary asking Mexico to join the war and support Germany, in return, Germany would help Mexico reclaim the “lost territories” of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico

Question 9

neutrality

Answer 9

the act of neither supporting or helping either side in a conflict

Question 10

Western Front

Answer 10

the fighting zone along the France, Belgium and German border

Question 11

zeppelin

Answer 11

a German airship used for bombing raids and carried machine guns and bombs

Question 12

General Pershing

Answer 12

the leader of American forces in Europe

Question 13

Russian Revolution

Answer 13

an internal revolution in Russia that led to a new communist government and the Russian withdrawal of the war

Question 14

League of Nations

Answer 14

an international alliance whose purpose was to peacefully settle disputes
due to Congressional disputes with Wilson, America did not enter the League of Nations, weakening it

Question 15

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 15

the leaders of Great Britain, Italy, and France wanted Germany to pay heavily and take full blame of the war-pay for war reparations ($33 billion), limited military of 100,000 and loss of its colonies

Question 16

trench warfare

Answer 16

a major feature of WWI, used to defend and launch attacks using machine guns and heavy artillery

• barbed wire was used to slow down enemy
• conditions were terrible with rats, lice, disease and trenchfoot
• grenades used with chemicals-mustard and chlorine gas
• No-man’s land
• Over the Top-to go through No-man’s land to enemy trenches
• rations were given by government
• 450 miles along Western Front
• pigeons to communicate

Question 17

Eastern Front

Answer 17

the fighting zone along the German-Russian border

Question 18

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 18

a peace treaty with Germany that ended Russian involvement in the war due to internal problems in Russia

Question 19

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 19

leader of US

Question 20

Czar Nicholas

Answer 20

leader of Russia

Question 21

Franz Joseph

Answer 21

leader of Austria-Hungary

Question 22

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer 22

leader of Germany

Question 23

David George

Answer 23

leader of UK