Final- WW1

Question 1

Total war

Answer 1

A country’s total devotion to war, governments took advantage and tried to control every aspect of society. They issued rations, drafts (conscription), and wanted to control local economies.

Question 2

Trench warfare

Answer 2

The use of trenches in the western front. Extended war from a few months to years of fighting, the lines rarely moved. Both sides dug long trenches that faced each other. No man’s land is the land between the trenches.

Question 3

War of attrition

Answer 3

Type of warfare where they wear the enemy down to the point of collapse in order to win.

Question 4

Neutrality

Answer 4

When a country wants to remain neutral and not pick either side.

Question 5

Militarism

Answer 5

The emphasis on a strong military, Britain had the world’s best navy so Germany began to build up their navy and Britain felt threatened. “Glorification of the military” made governments want to spend a lot to be the best military with the most power.

Question 6

Modern weponary

Answer 6

U-Boats (submarines) were used by the Germans. Both sides used aircraft for observations, limited bombings, and air battles. Planes were slow, clumsy and unreliable. Most famous pilot was a German named Baron von Richthofen (the red baron). This was the first major war where chemical weapons were used, Mustard Gas and Chlorine Gas were the two most popular weapons which caused suffocation, blindness and death.

Question 7

During WW1, what 2 chemical weapons were introduced and what were their effects if used

Answer 7

Mustard Gas and Chlorine Gas were the two most popular weapons which caused suffocation, blindness and death.

Question 8

Causes of WW1

Answer 8

Militarism, Alliance system, nationalism, imperialism, assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Question 9

triple entente

Answer 9

Russia, France, Britain

Question 10

triple alliance

Answer 10

Germany, Austria Hungary, and italy

Question 11

allied powers

Answer 11

Britain, France, Russia, US, Italy, and Japan

Question 12

Central powers

Answer 12

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 13

What 2 alliance systems were pre-war

Answer 13

triple alliance and triple entente

Question 14

Battle of the marne

Answer 14

Set the stage for 4 years of trench warfare, ended Germany’s hope of a quick victory, Allied Victory

Question 15

Zimmerman note

Answer 15

Germany wrote a letter to Mexico saying that if they should go to war with America to get them out of Europe and in return they would help Mexico get their land back (texas, New mexico, and Arizona). It was intercepted in Britain and sent to the U.S and the U.S saw the letter and they were outraged, Mexico never responded. One of the final straws before america entered the war

Question 16

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk-

Answer 16

Allowed Russia to get out of the war but they had to give land to Germany (Balitic states, Poland, Ukraine). Russia was a new government from the revolution and wanted to get their stuff together before worrying about wars.