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  • Germany's ______________ was to attack France through Belgium and defeat them quickly, and then go to fight against Russia.
    Schlieffen Plan
  • True or False? The Ceasefire came into effect in 1919.
    False
  • Germany was worried about _____________ (being surrounded by 2 enemies: France and Russia)
    encirclement
  • ________ had the largest and most powerful navy in the world.
    Britain
  • When German troops crossed the frontier to France, the war reached a __________, neither side could move forward
    stalemate
  • The USA joined the war in 1917 because.....
    Germany sank American ships and they hoped to make an alliance with Mexico to attack the USA
  • Why did Austria-Hungary attack Serbia?
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Serbia
  • The USA was supposedly _________ during the first years of war.
    neutral
  • True or False? In the trenches, soldiers were most of the time fighting.
    False
  • The stalemate was broken in 1918 because of the .....
    Ludendorff Offensive
  • This image shows...
    the German attack on Belgium at the beginning of the war, how they were more powerful, but still Belgium delayed them
  • Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy were the...
    Triple Alliance
  • Great Britain, France and Russia were the...
    Triple Entente
  • True or False? Poison gas was lethal.
    True
  • When European industrial countries wanted to take over the other countries to increase the size of their empire, it was called...
    imperialism
  • This cartoon is a clear example of which main cause of the war?
    alliances
  • True or False? Germany didn't want to fight a war on two fronts, so they designed the Schlieffen Plan.
    True
  • Germany was too __________, because they thought that they wouldn't encounter any resistance from Belgium and they thought that defeating France would be too easy.
    proud
  • True or False? Trenches were bulit because both armies were equally powerful.
    True
  • What vehicle protected soldiers against machine guns?
    tanks
  • True or False? Cavalry was the backbone of the army, and the war couldn't have been fought without without horses.
    False
  • To protect themselves, many European countries formed an ______ so that they would help and defend each other.
    alliance