1. “As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.“As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.” Lester B. Pearson

3. World War I Statistics (Stats are for all countries involved) Total number of men mobilized to fight in World War I65 million Percentage of men mobilized in World War I who died57 % Total number of casualities in World War I37 million Number of missing POW’s from WWI7.7 million Number of wounded soldiers in WWI19.7 million Number of years of fighting that took place during WWI4 years Number of allied countries military causalities in WWI5.7 million Number of allied country civilian casualties from WWI3.67 million Number of allied countries wounded in WWI12.8 million Number of WWI Military causalities9,720,450 Number of Civilian casualties in WWI8,865,650 Total War Cost altogther of WWI$186.3 billion

5.  Imperialism  Nationalism  Militarism  Alliances

6.  Imperialism- controlling colonies for resources.

7.  Nationalism- Pride for your country.

8.  Militarism- building up your military.

9.  Alliances- taking sides with other people.

10.  On June 28, 1914 Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, WWI began. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLmm b2yrQTo

18.  Stalemate- No one winning, no one losing.

19.  Trench warfare- digging long lines of holes into the ground to fight from.

21.  -Lumps of horsemeat  -Turnips  -Biscuits  -Fruit Roll-ups

22.  Trench Foot- An infection caused by wet and dirty living areas

23.  Shellshock  Losing Limbs  Lice  Rats  Dysentery

25.  Propaganda- Images, videos, messages and other things that make you think or act differently.

30.  Hundred Days Offensive- An offensive push by the Allies to end the WWI, August 1918.

31.  Armistice- An agreement to stop fighting, WWI ended 11/11/1918

32.  Reparations-Making the losing country pay the winners of the war. Germany owed 33 Billion dollars.

33.  League of Nations- An organization set up to settle conflicts with other countries, Germany was not allowed to join.