G.S. 2/8/24

Question 1

The Central Powers united include:

Answer 1

Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary

Question 2

The Allied Powers include:

Answer 2

Britain, France, and Russia

Question 3

the glorification of the military, also known as

Answer 3

militarism

Question 4

What event directly resulted in WWI and which two countries were involved?

Answer 4

Serbia’s assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Question 5

Set of final demands from Austria to Serbia

Answer 5

ultimatum

Question 6

Quick preparation of military forces for war

Answer 6

mobilize

Question 7

Which group joined the Central powers in 1914?

Answer 7

Ottoman Empire

Question 8

When fighting a war on two fronts, the idea that Germany should move quickly against France in the west before focusing on Russia in the east was known as the:

Answer 8

Schlieffen Plan

Question 9

The word used for the deadlock involving Germany and France on the Western front over a four-year period where neither side emerged victorious

Answer 9

stalemate

Question 10

Groups of merchant ships used to protect warships

Answer 10

convoys

Question 11

German submarines designed to sink ships carrying vital supplies to Britain

Answer 11

U boats

Question 12

The draft in which all men were required to be prepared for military or other service

Answer 12

conscription

Question 13

One reason the U.S. entered WWI was when a German U-boat attacked a British liner off the coast of Ireland carrying 128 Americans. What was the name of this ship

Answer 13

Lusitania

Question 14

Spreading of ideas to promote a cause of damage an opposing cause

Answer 14

propaganda

Question 15

Name of the treaty agreed to by Lenin and Germany in 1918 that ended Russia’s involvement in WWI

Answer 15

Brest-Litovsk

Question 16

Another reason for the U.S. entering the war was a message that was sent from Germany to Mexico, stating that if Mexico joined the war effort, Germany would help them regain territories of Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico. When the note was intercepted by Britain this prompted the U.S. to declare war. What was the name of this message?

Answer 16

Zimmerman Note

Question 17

Who was the U.S. president during WWI?

Answer 17

Woodrow Wilson

Question 18

In January 1918, President Wilson issued his (——-), or list of terms for resolving this and future wars

Answer 18

Fourteen Points

Question 19

What month, day, and year did WWI end and why is this significant?

Answer 19

11/11/1918 – Veteran’s Day

Question 20

Aside from the devastation on the battlefield, the death toll continued to rise, with the pandemic involving this disease killing 20 million people worldwide

Answer 20

influenza/flu

Question 21

payments for war damage

Answer 21

reparations

Question 22

Who were the leaders of Britain and France at the end of WWI and what were their goals in the treaty?

Answer 22

Britain –> David Lloyd George –> wanted to build a bigger and better Britain

France – > Georges Clemenceau –> wanted to weaken Germany so they could never again threaten France

Question 23

Name of the treaty that ended WWI

Answer 23

Treaty of Versailles

Question 24

Germany was forced to pay $30 billion in reparations or a figure equivalent to $2.7 trillion at the time. What year did they finish paying off this debt?

Answer 24

2010

Question 25

Group of more than 40 nations who agreed to negotiate disputes rather than resort to war and take common action against any aggressor state

Answer 25

League of Nations

Question 26

Growing class of factory workers, railroad workers, and urban wage earners in Russia

Answer 26

proletariat

Question 27

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks in 1917

Answer 27

Vladimir Lenin

Question 28

At the beginning of the Russian Civil War, Bolsheviks became known as

Answer 28

Communists

Question 29

Communists and counterrevolutionaries were represented by what colors during the Russian Civil War?

Answer 29

Red and White

Question 30

After Lenin’s death, two men competed for power. One was (——) and the other was (—- ——-), who turned the Red Army into an effective fighting force

Answer 30

One was Staling and the other was Leon trotsky

Question 31

Early Soviet secret police force

Answer 31

Cheka

Question 32

3 Ways Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 32

• pay reparations
• loss of territories and overseas colonies
  -reduced army size

Question 33

3 reasons why the U.S. joined WW1

Answer 33

• Sinking of Lusitania
• Unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
• Zimmermann Note

Question 34

people who wanted to make extreme changes. Dreamed of a new social order from chaos

Answer 34

Political radicals

Question 35

a system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all

Answer 35

Collective security