Study Guide Test WWI

Question 1

Which countries formed the Allied Powers during WWI?

Answer 1

United States, Russia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and Japan, Serbia.

Question 2

The Central Powers were able to affect Allied shipping through the use of _______

Answer 2

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.

Question 3

As the war on the Western Front became a stalemate, fighting was characterized by _____

Answer 3

Trench wars.

Question 4

Germany’s decision to send troops to the Russian border had all of the following consequences except-

Answer 4

Russia mobilized faster than expected and the war wasn’t going to be quick.

Question 5

Germany’s Schlieffen Plan for military attack was to-

Answer 5

To attack France by going through Belgium to attack the western front then the eastern front because they believed that Russia would take longer to mobilize. This led to a two front war.

Question 6

The United States was enraged by the Zimmerman Note which was

Answer 6

The Zimmerman Note was an uncoded message sent by Russia to Mexico saying that if the United States were to join the war, Mexico should attack the U.S.

Question 7

During WWI, Russia’s main strength was its-

Answer 7

The size of its army.

Question 8

The Treaty of Brest Litovsk ended the fighting between-

Answer 8

Russia and Germany, and it ended Russia’s participation in World War I in March 3, 1918

Question 9

Which of the following was not a Development for the U.S. to enter WWI?

Answer 9

The military ambitions of Woodrow Wilson was not a reason for the US to enter world war I

Question 10

Because so many men went to fight in the war, factories employed-

Answer 10

WOMEN.

Question 11

The system of alliances was a danger because -

Answer 11

The system of alliances was secret and not only did alliances enhance the size of the war but the system set the sides that would be fighting each other when war broke out.

Question 12

The Fourteen Points was-

Answer 12

A blueprint for world peace written by Woodrow Wilson 💋

Question 13

After WWI, Wilson called for the establishment of a

Answer 13

Treaty of Versailles, a peace treaty.

Question 14

Wilson worried that punishing any nation too harshly would lead to-

Answer 14

Wilson did not want the treaty on Germany to be too harsh in fear that it would provoke another war.

Question 15

When did WWI start?

Answer 15

July 28 1914.

Question 16

What group was responsible for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 16

The black hand.

Question 17

What countries came to Serbia’s side?

Answer 17

Russia, France, and Great Britain.

Question 18

What government did Russia set up after the Bolshevik Revolution/WWI?

Answer 18

A Socialist/communist government.

Question 19

What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?

Answer 19

Total war

Question 20

What nations were considered the Big Four after the war?

Answer 20

France, Italy, Britain, and the US

Question 21

What Treaty ended WWI?

Answer 21

The Treaty of Versailles.

Question 22

What year did the US enter WWI?

Answer 22

The U.S. entered WWI in 1917.

Question 23

Which German action was most important in bringing the U.S. into WWI?

Answer 23

resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships

Question 24

Trench warfare was mainly used on what front?

Answer 24

Western Front

Question 25

Germany and Austria-Hungry were part of the-

Answer 25

Central Powers

Question 26

How many soldiers died in WWI?

Answer 26

9.7 million soldiers died in WWI

Question 27

Who was the leader of Russia at the end of WWI?

Answer 27

Nicholas II

Question 28

Why did Germany sink the Lusitania?

Answer 28

To not let any weapons reach enemy territory. The Lusitania was carrying munitions.

Question 29

What region of the world was considered the Powder Keg of Europe?

Answer 29

The Balkin peninsula.

Question 30

What was the American opinion about joining the League of Nations?

Answer 30

To stay out of European Nation Affairs.

Question 31

The rise of Nazism and Fascism in Germany after WWI can be most attributed to-

Answer 31

Germany was intricately linked to the nation’s postwar economic problems.

Question 32

Which of the following was a goal of the Allies’ Gallipoli campaign?

Answer 32

To capture the Dardanelles Strait and open the way for their naval forces to attack Constantinople (Istanbul), the capital of Turkey.

Question 33

In the Gallipoli campaign, the Allies tried to take control of the

Answer 33

Dardanelles Strait

Question 34

What main motivation finally forced the Central Powers to surrender on November 11, 1918?

Answer 34

Their people refused to continue fighting.

Question 35

When did WWI end?

Answer 35

November 11 1918