Page 398: Key Terms, People, Places And Events

Question 1

Triple Aliance

Answer 1

Alliance in WW1 between Germany, Austria-Hungry, and Italy.

Question 2

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 2

Called for a swift attack on France through Belgium, an officially neutral country that had a growing relationship with Britain.

Question 3

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 3

The archduke of Austria-Hungry, that was killed in Sarajevo. This is often seen as the spark of WWI.

Question 4

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 4

A Serbian nationalist that shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.

Question 5

Central Powers

Answer 5

Ottoman Empire, Germany and Austria-Hungry… the alliance between them.

Question 6

Isolationism

Answer 6

The United States declared itself neutral at first, preferring to focus on its own internal affairs.

Question 7

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 7

A secret message sent between German diplomats suggesting that Mexico might want to join forces with Germany and regain the territory it had lost from the United States in the Mexican-American war of 1846… this telegraph was intercepted by the United States and we filled, then we entered the war with the allies.

Question 8

Fourteen Points

Answer 8

President Wilson, focused on establishing peace and a future balance of power

Question 9

League of Nations

Answer 9

Wilson called for the creation of a joint council of nations. Although the idea was created by Wilson he was not able to get the Us Congress on board with him and we did not join the League of Nations.

Question 10

Russian Revolution

Answer 10

Started before WWI ended. Russia suffered large losses in the war because of its poor leadership, resulting in a rise of casualties and food shortages

Question 11

Czar Nicholas

Answer 11

Was forced to give up the throne at the end of the Russian Revolution, leading to the end of the Romanov dynasty and to czars