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
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