7.3 Conducting World War I

Question 1

What is conscription?

Answer 1

Compulsory enlistment in armed forces

Question 2

At the beginning of WWI, what was the only courty that did not engage in universal conscription?

Answer 2

Britain

Question 3

What is trench warfare?

Answer 3

When opposing sides dig long ditches in the ground, facing each other?

Question 4

How big were the trenches in WWI?

Answer 4

The trenches dug for WWI stretched 100s of miles. Soldiers slept, ate, and fought in the trenches for months at a time.

Question 5

What were five newer technologies used in WWI?

Answer 5

Poison gas
Machine guns
Submarines
Airplanes
Tanks

Question 6

For those who survived poison gas attacks, the damage was often lifelong. What happened to use of poison gas in war after WWI?

Answer 6

It was outlawed.

Question 7

What were three reasons the U.S. entered WWI on the side of The Allies in 1917?

Answer 7

Belief that the Allied countries were more democratic
Economic ties between the U.S. and the Allies
Resentment against Germans for sinking ships carrying U.S. civilians

Question 8

What was the final straw that pushed the U.S. into war against the Central Powers?

Answer 8

The Zimmerman Telegram

Question 9

What did the Zimmermann Telegram contain?

Answer 9

A promise by Germany to help Mexico reclaim land it lost to the United States if it helped the Central Alliance

Question 10

What is the TOTAL WAR strategy?

Answer 10

All of a nation’s domestic population is commited to winning the war.

Question 11

What is propaganda?

Answer 11

Communication meant to influence attitudes and opinions of a community around a subject.

Question 12

Before WWI, what was the last time the world saw a global war?

Answer 12

The Seven Years War

Question 13

Beyond nationalism, imperialism was a big cause of WWI. Why did Japan enter WWI on the side of the Allies?

Answer 13

It wanted control of German colonies in the Pacific.

Question 14

What was ANZAC?

Answer 14

An alliance formed by Australians and New Zealanders to fight on behalf of the Allies.

Question 15

Where is Gallipoli?

Answer 15

A peninsula in Northwest Turkey

Question 16

Did the battle in Gallipoli work out for Allied forces?

Answer 16

Altogether, the equivalent of some 16 British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and French divisions took part in the campaign. British Commonwealth casualties, apart from heavy losses among old naval ships, were 213,980. The campaign was a success only insofar as it attracted large Turkish forces away from the Russians. The plan failed to produce decisive results because of poor military leadership in some cases, faulty tactics including complete lack of surprise, the inexperience of the troops, inadequate equipment, and an acute shortage of shells.

Question 17

Were women allowed to FIGHT in WWI?

Answer 17

Most coutnries did not allow women in combat, but Russia, Romania, Serbia, and Bulgargia - all slavic countries - allowed women in combat.

Question 18

What was the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 18

The Paris Peace Conference was a conference that took place in 1919 that gathered world leaders in the aftermath of WWI to negotiate peace terms and treaties. The result of the conference was the Treaty of Versailles which officially ended the war between Germany and the Allies.

Question 19

Who were the “Big Four” at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 19

U.S. - Woodrow Wilson
U.K. - David LLoyd George
France - Georges Glemenceau
Italy - Vittorio Orlando

Question 20

Did Italy stay for the entire Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 20

Nope. Italy walked out of the conference ANGRY about not getting the territories it was promised for entering the war on the side of the Allies.

Question 21

Why did Russia not get to go to the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 21

The Communist Revolution. The Tsar was executed by Bolsheviks

Question 22

Did the Allied leaders at the Paris Peace Conference see eye-to-eye?

Answer 22

NO. Georges Clemenceau wanted revenge for France. Woodrow Wilson wanted the principles he outlined in his Fourteen Points document.

Question 23

What was League of Nations, an idea for an organization contained in Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points document?

Answer 23

An organazation where nations of the world could meet to discuss conflicts to avoid war.

Question 24

Woodrow Wilson believed the defeated Centrral Powers deserved a right to self-determination. Did France and Britain Agree?

Answer 24

No. The Treaty of Versailles PUNISHED Germany very harshly.

Question 25

Did the United States sign the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 25

No, the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 26

Did the United States join the League of Nations?

Answer 26

No, the Senate voted against joining the League of Nations.

Question 27

What were three big punishments of Germany contained in the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 27

Billlions of dollars in reparations
Loss of colonies
Blame for the war

Question 28

What was the German government that agreed to the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 28

The Weimar Republic

Question 29

Did the German people like the Weimar Republic?

Answer 29

NO. There was great resentment against the Weimar Republic for agreeing to such disfavorable terms that crippled the German economy.

Question 30

What was All Quiet on the Western Front

Answer 30

A German novel, published in 1929, detailing a young German soldier’s terrifying experiences in trenches on western front during World War I.