Era of "The Great War" (WWI)

Question 1

Publication of The Fundamentals begins

Answer 1

1910

Question 2

Series of articles later published by Biola to reassert the authority of the Bible

Answer 2

The Fundamentals

Question 3

World War I (date)

Answer 3

August 1914 to November 1918

Question 4

Bolshevik Revolution (date)

Answer 4

1917

Question 5

Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution

Answer 5

Vladimir Lenin

Question 6

Location of the Bolshevik Revolution

Answer 6

Russia

Question 7

American forces arrive in earnest to fight WWI (date)

Answer 7

Spring 1918

Question 8

Armistice signed ending WWI hostilities

Answer 8

November 11, 1918

Question 9

Last emperor of Russia

Answer 9

Czar Nicholas II

Question 10

True or False: Czar Nicholas II was never imprisoned and then murdered

Answer 10

False; both are true

Question 11

Easter Rising

Answer 11

Armed insurrection in Dublin [Ireland] against British rule

Question 12

President to set out the “Fourteen Points”

Answer 12

Woodrow Wilson

Question 13

Factors Contributing to the Outbreak of WWI

Answer 13

German/British rivalry
The European balance of power was upset
France wanted revenge and the return of Alsace-Lorraine
Conflict between Austria and the kingdom of Serbia (both despised each other)

Question 14

Manifestation of German/British rivalry

Answer 14

Germany embarked upon a great naval building program which troubled Britain

Question 15

Austria aka

Answer 15

Austria-Hungary (the Dual Monarchy) - terms often used interchangeably with each other

Question 16

True or False: After Bismarck’s departure, a German treaty with Russia was allowed to lapse

Answer 16

True

Question 17

How many times Austria-Hungary had humiliated Serbia

Answer 17

Twice

Question 18

How Russia shared in Serbia’s humiliations

Answer 18

“It failed to aid its small Slavic friend”

Question 19

True or False: The ingredients for war between Austria and Serbia were present

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Possible allies of Austria and Serbia (before the war)

Answer 20

Germany and Russia respectively

Question 21

Immediate cause of WWI

Answer 21

Assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 22

Pan-Slav fanatic who shot Franz and Sophie Ferdinand with a pistol

Answer 22

Gavrillo Princip

Question 23

Wife of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 23

Sophie

Question 24

How Princip was able to shoot Ferdinand

Answer 24

Ferdinand’s driver made a wrong turn which put him near Gavrillo Princip who then shot Ferdinand and Sophie

Question 25

How the alliances led to war

Answer 25

Austria received a "blank check" assurance of support from Germany, who then invaded neutral Belgium to attack France

Question 26

The Schlieffen Plan

Answer 26

Germany called for a major offensive to defeat France quickly, then Germany would turn its full attention on Russia

Question 27

The combatants in WWI

Answer 27

The Triple Entente and the Central Powers

Question 28

Triple Entente

Answer 28

Britain, France, and Russia

Question 29

Central Powers

Answer 29

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 30

Turkey aka

Answer 30

Ottoman Empire

Question 31

Aspects of World War One

Answer 31

Total war and trench warfare

Question 32

Total war

Answer 32

The entire society is mobilized for the war effort

Question 33

True or False: Trench warfare was characterized by one front

Answer 33

False

Question 34

The most important front in trench warfare

Answer 34

The "Western Front" in France

Question 35

True or False: The Central Powers weren't hindered by Britain's blockade

Answer 35

False

Question 36

British recruiting motto for WWI

Answer 36

"Sign up with your pals"

Question 37

First Battle of Marne

Answer 37

Retreating Germans dug in [north of the River Aisne], setting a pattern for trench warfare

Question 38

Lusitania sunk

Answer 38

Ocean liner departed from pier 54 in NY and was later hit by a torpedo, sinking off the Irish coast

Question 39

Bloodiest day in British history

Answer 39

Battle of the Somme River

Question 40

The key reason the U.S. entered WWI

Answer 40

German unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 41

True or False: Germany pursued a bold policy of U-boat USW

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Zimmermann Note

Answer 42

Proposal that Mexico should ally with Germany; it was later published in US papers and inflamed public opinion

Question 43

Bolshevik Revolution

Answer 43

Vladimir Lenin and the communists take power in Russia

Question 44

Key principle of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points

Answer 44

Self-determination

Question 45

1 specific goal of the 14 Points

Answer 45

A League of Nations

Question 46

True or False: Communist Russia never signed a peace treaty with Germany

Answer 46

False

Question 47

Kaiserschlacht

Answer 47

"Emperor's battle"; General Erich Ludendorff prepared for a decisive offensive before enough US forces could land in France

Question 48

True or False: Ludendorff told the Kaiser that peace negotiations should be opened before the situation got worse

Answer 48

True

Question 49

True or False: US troops engaged at Meuse Argonne

Answer 49

True

Question 50

WWI Armistice

Answer 50

Armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

Question 51

The German "Stab in the Back" Legend regarding WWI

Answer 51

Traitors among the politicians sold out the frontline troops

Question 52

Why was Wilson's reception in Europe after the war tumultuous

Answer 52

He failed to include even one Republican senator in his delegation and neglected the majority opposition party (Republicans)

Question 53

Events during the Paris Peace Talks

Answer 53

The victorious powers met at the palace of Versailles Wilson's idealism wasn't readily shared by others

Question 54

How the Treaty of Versailles was presented to Germany

Answer 54

Until Germany accepted the treaty, a blockade (including food) continued

Question 55

The Treaty which formally concluded American war with Germany

Answer 55

The Treaty of Berlin

Question 56

True or False: The US never ratified the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 56

True

Question 57

True or False: The US joined the League of Nations

Answer 57

False

Question 58

The Armenian Genocide

Answer 58

The Turkish government ordered the deportation of c. 1.8 million Armenians to Syria/Mesopotamia (an exile); in this forced exodus the Armenians died of starvation or were killed by Turkish soldiers/police