Unit 5

Question 1

What was the date range of WWI?

Answer 1

1914-1918

Question 2

What are the names of the 2 territories France tried to recover from Germany?

Answer 2

• Alsace
• Lorraine

Question 3

Name of the leader of Germany during WWI

Answer 3

Kaiser Wilhelm ll

Question 4

Name of the leader of Russia during WWI

Answer 4

Tsar Nicholas/Vladimir Lenin

Question 5

Name of the leader of the US during WWI

Answer 5

Woodrow Wilson

Question 6

Which country had the greatest military entering WWI

Answer 6

Germany

Question 7

Industrialization helped many countries during WWI because they needed to produce what?

Answer 7

New materials for warfare

Question 8

Who was assassinated in Sarajevo and what country was he from? Who assassinated him? To what group did he belong?

Answer 8

• Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand and wife
• Austria-Hungary
• The Black Hand (Gavrilo Princip shot him)

Question 9

Austria-Hungary wanted to punish Serbia for the assassination. How did they respond?

Answer 9

Sent an ultimatum

Question 10

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente?

Answer 10

Russia, Britain, France

Question 11

Which countries were part of the Triple Alliance?

Answer 11

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 12

What is mobilization?

Answer 12

• establishing a plan
• preparing and training soldiers

Question 13

Which countries were part of the Allied Powers?

Answer 13

• Russia
• Britain
• France
• Serbia
• Romania
• U.S.
• Japan
• Italy
• Canada

Question 14

Which countries were part of the Central Powers?

Answer 14

• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Italy
• Ottoman Empire
• Bulgaria

Question 15

What was the first battle of WWI and who won?

Answer 15

• Battle of the Marn River
• Allied Powers

Question 16

What kind of warfare was used during WWI?

Answer 16

Trench warfare

Question 17

What is a stalemate?

Answer 17

deadlock, when both sides are immovable

Question 18

Trenches shielded soldiers from gunshots and stretched all the way across the:

Answer 18

Western Front

Question 19

The trenches were a terrible place to live because they were infested with what?

Answer 19

• lice
• rats

Question 20

The space between trenches is called:

Answer 20

No man’s land

Question 21

To send troops into battle, the generals would tell them to go “____________”

Answer 21

over the top

Question 22

What new military technology was introduced during WWI?

Answer 22

• rapid-fire machine guns
• U-boats
• poison gas
• tanks
• planes
• long range artillery

Question 23

A very successful fighter pilot would be called a what?

Answer 23

ACES

Question 24

For the Allies to get supplies to the Russians, they had to get through or control what body of water? What battle was an attempt to control the waterway?

Answer 24

• The Dardanelles
• Battle of Gallipoli

Question 25

Who was the British colonel that led raids against the Ottoman empire?

Answer 25

Colonel T.E Lawrence

Question 26

The Ottomans committed genocide of which group of people?

Answer 26

Christian Armenians

Question 27

What is total war?

Answer 27

every society shifts their focus and resources to the war

Question 28

What is conscription?

Answer 28

when nations began a draft

Question 29

What is contraband?

Answer 29

cargo

Question 30

Why were U-boats important and who did they belong to?

Answer 30

- Belonged to Germany - important because they sunk supply ships

Question 31

What was the Lusitania and how did it affect the United States?

Answer 31

- British ship - affected U.S. because Woodrow Wilson threatened Germany due to their torpedoe

Question 32

What was propaganda and why was it used during WWI?

Answer 32

- posters with messages that had to do with the war - used for persuasion for men to enlist

Question 33

What is morale and why was it beraking down?

Answer 33

- the spirit of soldiers - broke down because high casualties, food shortages, poor generals, etc.

Question 34

When did the United States declare war on Germany?

Answer 34

1917

Question 35

What did President Wilson create that outlined ways to resolve WWI and any future wars?

Answer 35

14 Points

Question 36

How many men died in battle during WWI?

Answer 36

8.5 million

Question 37

Besides a world war, why has 1918 a deadly time?

Answer 37

Deadly pandemic

Question 38

In what country did world leaders meet to resolve WWI?

Answer 38

Paris

Question 39

What was the Treaty of Versailles and what did it say?

Answer 39

- signed at the end of the war - forced Germany to take full blame for the war, huge reparations, and limited military

Question 40

How long did the Romanovs rule Russia?

Answer 40

1619-1917

Question 41

Describe industrialization in Russia

Answer 41

poverty was so bad classes joined as one

Question 42

What is a proletariat and why did they revolt against the monarchy?

Answer 42

- blue collar workers - because they wanted to overthrow Tsar Nicholas ll

Question 43

How did WWI affect the Russian people?

Answer 43

- strained resources - bad transportation - soldiers had no rifles/ammo

Question 44

In 1917 the army turned on the tsar. What did Tsar Nicholas do in response?

Answer 44

He abdicated the throne

Question 45

What were the names of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra's children?

Answer 45

Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, Alexei

Question 46

Why was Alexei important and why did he require extra care?

Answer 46

had hemophilia

Question 47

Who did Tsarina Alexandra hire to help Alexei and what was his role in the family?

Answer 47

- Rasputin - mystic healer

Question 48

What happened to the Romanovs in 1918?

Answer 48

They were executed

Question 49

What was the capital of Russia before the revolution?

Answer 49

Petrograd/St. Petersburg

Question 50

Who were the Soviets?

Answer 50

councils of workers/soldiers; elected leaders of Soviet Union

Question 51

Who were the Bolsheviks and who led them?

Answer 51

- radical socialist group - Vladimir Lenin

Question 52

What was the symbol of the Bolsheviks/the Communist Party?

Answer 52

Hammer and sickle

Question 53

How did the communists control people in Russia?

Answer 53

By using terror

Question 54

In 1922, Russia was united into the (list all names)

Answer 54

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, The Soviet Union, Communist Party

Question 55

Which dictator came out power in the USSR after Lenin's death?

Answer 55

Joseph Stalin

Question 56

What are the 4 MAIN?

Answer 56

M: Militarism: building of military to prepare for war. - Germany and Britain building up their army and navy to preapre for battle and to compete A: Alliances: countries agreeing to support one another if threat - Triple Entente and Triple Alliance (made to go against Austria-Hungary and Germany also to go into war with better chances) I: Imperialism: stronger countries taking over smaller underdeveloped countries - Germany and France competing for Morocco Nationalism: pride and loyalty to ones country - assassination of archduke and wife (serbian nationalists wanted independence)

Question 57

Do you believe that the Treaty of Versailles was fair treatment of Germany after WW1?

Answer 57

No - not like Germany was the only country attempting imperialism - treaty said to limit the size of their military, sounds bias since Germany started out with a massive army - multiple countries caused damages (it was WW1) so why only Germany had to pay reparations

Question 58

How did Russia have the perfect climate for revolution during WW1?

Answer 58

Russia had perfect climate for revolution during WW1 because: - horrible dictatorship - soldier's resources were scarce (no riffles/ammo) - Tsar Nicholas was weak so that led to revolutionaries revolting