WORLD WAR I WEBQUEST
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EUROPE IN 1914:
1. Who was the chancellor of Germany at the turn of the 20th Century?
2. Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power and disrupted Germany’s relationship with what country?
3. The assassination of this individual was the “spark” which led to war?
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4. Who assassinated the Archduke and in what city?
5. A month after the assassination which country declared war and who against?
6. Who was Serbia’s traditional Ally?
7. What Treaty bound Germany to enter the war with Austria?
8. What was the name given to the alliance of France, Britain and Russia?
9. This country remained neutral until 1915 when it entered on the side of the Allies.
THE OUTBREAK OF WAR:
10. What was the name given to the German War Plan?
11. Why did the plan fail?
12. This battle was seen as the greatest Germany victory of the war.
13. Following this battle also known as the “race to the sea” trench warfare began.
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14. The first movement of the German war plan brought them into what country?
15. The French believed the Germans would focus their attack here?
16. The Germany army then splits and slows outside this French city.
17. Who fought in the Battle of Tannenberg?
18. Who fought in the Battle of the Marne?
GALLIPOLI:
19. Who lost the Battle of Gallipoli?
THE BATTLE OF VERDUN:
20. Who led the German forces at the Battle of Verdun?
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21. What did the Germans use to reduce the French trench system?
22. The Battle of Verdun is an example of what type of war?
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME:
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23. What was the name of the British General at the Battle of the Somme?
24. Why is July 1st, 1916 significant to the British?
25. Despite heavy casualties who wins the Battle of the Somme?
THE BATTLE OF YPRES:
26. The Allies used this weapon to disrupt the German war line in June of 1917.
27. With not much to show for it who wins the Battle of Ypres?
THE WESTERN FRONT:
28. What was the new German war plan in dealing with the Western Front?
29. The Battles of September 1918 saw the rupture of this German stronghold.
WORLD WAR I TIMELINE:
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30. What was the name of the document that would lead the U.S. into the war?
31. Who was the last Czar of Russia?
32. Which President asks Congress for a Declaration of War.?
33. Who overthrows the provisionary Russian government?
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34. Towards the war’s end this will kill more people than the war itself.
35. What was the name given to President Wilson’s path to permanent peace?
36. When EXACTLY did the war end?
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37. Where was the peace treaty ending the war signed?
38. Name given to the coalition group of countries to aid in world peace pushed by Wilson.