World War I Internet Activity

http://www.nieteacher.org/ww.pdf

Read Overview of World War One on p.2

1. When did World War I end? _____________________What is that day called? __________________

2. What countries belonged to the Central Powers?

3. What countries belonged to the Allies?

4. How many soldiers died during WW I? ________How many civilians died during WW I? ___________

How many people were wounded? ______________________

5. When did WW I start (erupt)? _________________________________________

What Started the Course Toward War

6. On what day did Gavrillo Princip assassinate Franz Ferdinand? _____________________

7. Who else was assassinated? __________________________________________

8. Why did Austria feel like it had to do something?

Go to p. 4 (The one with the Map on it) Make a list of the countries that belonged to each side.

Central Powers 4 Allied Powers Neutral Countries

P.5

9. What was the total number of German and French causalities at the Battle of the Somme? ________

10. Where on the Eastern Front was Germany’s greatest victory of the war? ______________________
11. Who was elected the 2nd President of the German Weimar Republic? _________________________

12. What happened in 1917 in Russia? ____________________________________________________

13. Who was the leader of the above event? __________________________________

14. What happened to Russia’s participation in World War I after the above event?

15. What did this do for the German army?

16. Which side won at the Battle of Gallipoli? ___________________________

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17. Why did the United States eventually join World War I?

18. How many American’s died during WW I? ______________________________________________

19. Who was the leader of the American Forces? ____________________________________________

20. What was the name of the peace treaty which ended World War I? _________________________

21. When was the above treaty signed? _______________________________________

22. What were the four imperial dynasties that fell during/after World War I?

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23. What is the Lusitania?

24. Why did Germany sink it?

Page 8, Life in the Trenches

25. What caused Trench Fever? _____________________________________________

26. After reading page 8 describe in 3 or more sentences what life was like living in the trenches.

27. List the four part “Trench Cycle”.

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28. What is “Stand To”?

29. What would happen to you if you fell asleep on sentry duty?________________________________

30. Describe what the trenches smelled like.

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31. Who were the Bolsheviks?

32. What was the first thing Lenin did when he took power in Russia? __________________________

33. What was the name of the treaty signed between Russia and the Central Powers?

34. What did Russia give up as a result of the treaty?

35. What was the average number of hours of a British Pilot? ___________________

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36. What’s a pusher aircraft?

37. When was the first poison gas used in World War I? ___________________________

38. What were the three most common types of gas used? ________________ ______________ _________________

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39. What country suffered the most deaths as a result of gas? ________________________________

40. How many Americans died as a result of gas attacks? _________________________________

41. How did soldiers cool the early machine guns? _________________________________________

42. What was the original name for “tanks”? ____________________________________

43. Why were tanks developed in the first place?

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44. What Supreme Court Case allows “Separate but Equal”? __________________________________

45. Approximately how many African-Americans fought in WW I? ____________

46. How many were sent to Europe? ______________________

47. What is the Croix de Guerre? ____________________________________________

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48. Who were the Hello Girls?___________________________________________________________

49. How many women had served over-seas? ______________How many died? _______________

50. What is the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? ________________________________

51. Describe the Christmas Truce of 1914.

52. Explain who Sargent Stubby was and tell two things he did?
53. How were carrier pigeons used during WW I?

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54. How many people worked with the APL?______________________

55. What did the APL do?

56. How did each Germany and the Allies use propaganda during the war? Give specific examples (2 from each side)

P. 16

57. Which president wrote the 14 points? _________________________________________

58. What are 4 things President Woodrow Wilson blamed for the start of WW I?

59. Did the U.S. Senate adopt the Treaty of Versailles? ____________

60. What was the League of Nations?

61. Did the U.S. join the League?_____________

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62. When was armistice declared? (Give me the hour, day, month)

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63. What was point 8 of the Treaty of Versailles? _____________________________

Do you think that was fair?___________________________________________

64. When was the Treaty of Versailles signed? ____________________________________

65. How many men could the German army be after the Treaty of Versailles? _____________

How many submarines could they have?_______________

66. How many tons of pure gold was Germany ordered to pay the Allies? ___________________

How many dollars was that? ______________

67. When did Germany stop PAYING their reparations? __________________________________

68. When was the final payment made? ____________________________

In the space below write the four causes of World War I? (Hint: ism’s)

What countries belonged to the Triple Alliance?

What countries belonged to the Triple Entente?