Lesson 2 - Events and End of WW1

Question 1

Modernized warfare tech

Answer 1

Tanks, flamethrower, machine gun, zeppelin, war planes, poison gas, u-boats

Question 2

German plan that fought war into two fronts, offensive towards France on the west, and defensive to Russia on the east

Answer 2

Schlieffen Plan

Question 3

Schlieffen Plan - The Germans plan to…

Answer 3

1. Conquer Belgium
2. Conquer France
3. Use French and German Army to attack Russia

Question 4

Germany successfully entered France and was about to conquer its Capital, what was the date?

Answer 4

September 1914

Question 5

what delivered the French army to the border?

Answer 5

250 taxi cabs

Question 6

The French and Germans faced each other in Marne, east of Paris

Answer 6

Battle of the Marne, the trench war

Question 7

the area between the trenches

Answer 7

No-Man’s Land

Question 8

Who won in the western front?

Answer 8

Entente

Question 9

Russia lost against Germany due to being undersupplied and undergunned. Which battle was this?

Answer 9

Battle of Tannenberg

Question 10

In March 1917, ___ of the ___ family was forced to abdicate his throne. The family was then executed.

Answer 10

Czar Nicholas II, Romanov

Question 11

Russia denounced monarchy and became a ___ nation

Answer 11

communist

Question 12

They renamed Russia to The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic in October 1917

Answer 12

Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks (Russian Communist Party)

Question 13

In March 1918, the Soviets and Germans signed the treaty of ___, ending the war in the east

Answer 13

Brest-Litovsk

Question 14

US doctrine that stated that European powers were no longer to interfere with the affairs of the USA and the USA to Europe

Answer 14

Monroe Doctrine

Question 15

Causes of USA’s participation

Answer 15

Sinking of Lusitania, The Zimmerman’s note

Question 16

in 1915, German U-boat torpedoed Lusitania. How many were killed?

Answer 16

1,200 passengers, 128 are Americans

Question 17

A telegram from the German foreign office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the US entered WW1 against Germany or An invitation for Mexico to attack the US

Answer 17

Zimmerman’s note

Question 18

Declared war against the triple alliance, reasoning was to make the world “safe for democracy”. Because of this, USA joined the triple entente

Answer 18

Woodrow Wilson

Question 19

When did WW1 end?

Answer 19

11 am, 11th of November 1918

Question 20

In 1919, winning leaders met to discuss the agreement with the losing countries in the…

Answer 20

Treaty of Versailles

Question 21

When was the treaty signed to formally end WW1?

Answer 21

June 28, 1919 (the same day as when it started)

Question 22

Results of the treaty

Answer 22

1. Break up of German, Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empirw
2. Germany will pay war damages
3. Germany will no longer hold maximum Militarism

Question 23

An international organization that promotes peace among nations, created after WW1

Answer 23

League of Nations