History WW1 test Flashcards
What does the acronym M.A.I.N represent?
Militarism
Alliance
Imperialism
Nationalism
competition for colonial territories was a major cause of
rising international tensions in the early 1900s
Militarism did what
glorified war and helped feed the arms race which helped cause World War I
Who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
On the eve of World War I, Bosnia was ruled by
Austria-Hungary
There was a stalemate and trench warfare on the Western Front when the ____________ failed
Schlieffen Plan
__________ was leader of Germany as World War I began
Kaiser Wilhelm II
___________ helped start The Great War
an assassination
The Balkans were known as the
“powder keg of Europe”
What triggered World War I
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Russia joined in World War I because
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and Russia supported Serbia
Germany declared war on Russian when
they began to mobilize for war
the British declared war on Germany to
protect Belgium
Germany invaded _________ and there was an understanding to keep Belgium neutral which caused
Belgium, Britain to fight in World War I
the Schlieffen Plan was designed to
avoid a war on two fronts
What made it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare
the machine gun
A stalemate developed along the Western Front early in the war because
Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win an advantage
A nation devoting all of their resources to the war effort is known as
total war
the Lusitania was sunk by __________ in May 1915, killing approx.. ______ passengers
German U-boats, 1200
Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the
United States’ decision to enter the war
In the Zimmerman telegram, Germany offered ____________ if they joined the Central Powers
The return of Mexican land lost to the United States to Mexico
Some colonies were eager to participate in the war because
they believed they would gain greater civil rights or independence
The spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause is known as
propaganda
women ______________ to help in the war effort
worked in factories making supplies for the war
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended ___________ in World War I
Russia’s participation
Woodrow Wilson’s list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars was knowns as the
Fourteen Points
The Treaty of Versailles Forced
Germany to pay reparations
the ______________contributed most to the stalemate on the Western Front
automatic machine gun
World War I was more destructive than earlier wars because
modern weapons were more deadly
the Ottoman Empire joined the _____________ in World War I
Central Powers
the role of women during World War I helped
keep their nations’ economies going during the war
the press was _______ as an effect of “total war” in Britain
censored
The area between opposing trenches was known as
No Man’s Land
The conditions of the Treaty of Versailles were
War guilt clause, the Creation of the League of Nations and War reparations for Germany
World War I was originally called
The Great War
The __________ was one factor that led to the US supporting the Allies
Zimmerman Telegram
Gavrilo Princip was a member of the Slavic Nationalist group called the
Black Hands
The Christmas Day Truce took place in
1914
The Germans sank the
Lusitania
Italy eventually sided with the ______ during World War I
Allies
Soldiers were not often able to ___________ during WWI
cook food in the trenches
T/F Russia did play a major role in the decisions during the Paris Peace Conference
False
T/F The United States did not join the League of Nations
True
policy of glorifying war and keeping an army prepared for war
Militarism
the battlefields that stretched along the French/German border
Western Front
a stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border in World War I
Eastern Front
a type of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from parallel trenches
Trench warfare
one-sided information designed to persuade
Propaganda
war in which countries devote all their resources to the war effort
Total war
system in which a government limits the amounts of items people can buy
Rationing
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for achieving a just and lasting peace after WWI
Fourteen Points
The President of the United States during World War I was
Woodrow Wilson
What was an international association whose goal was to keep peace among nations
The League of Nations
The peace settlement dictated by the Allies at the end of World War I was the
Treaty of Versailles
An agreement to stop fighting is called
armistice
World War I alliance that included Great Britain, France and Russia was called the
Triple Entente
Alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy was known as
Triple Alliance
At the start of the war, the countries that made up the Allies were
France, Britain and Russia
Serbian Nationalists were angered by the ________________________ in 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s visit to Bosnia
