Unit 5 WWI

Question 1

Triple Alliance

Answer 1

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Question 2

Triple Entente

Answer 2

France, Russia, and Great Britain

Question 3

Trench Warfare

Answer 3

Western Front; unsanitary and had lots of disease/death

Question 4

Powder Keg

Answer 4

The Balkan Peninsula

Question 5

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 5

Created by Germany to prevent a 2 front war

Question 6

Central Powers

Answer 6

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

Question 7

Allies

Answer 7

France, UK, Russia, US, Italy, Japan

Question 8

Fourteen Points

Answer 8

Wilson proposed them at the Palace of Versailles to help the nations keep peace

Question 9

League of Nations

Answer 9

Created to keep peace as a part of the treaty of Versailles and most countries joined; US did not because they wanted to keep out of European issues

Question 10

Battle of the Marne

Answer 10

Western Front; (Allies won) Led to the establishment of trench warfare

Question 11

Battle of the Somme

Answer 11

Western Front; : In France the Allies used tanks to greatly weaken Germany’s army; it was a turning point in the war that helped the Allies win.

Question 12

Litovsk

Answer 12

The treaty Russia signed to surrender in war

Question 13

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 13

End of WWI

Question 14

Czar Nicholas

Answer 14

Emperor of Russia during the war, but wasn’t successful and he was forced to step down.

Question 15

Did the Germans want to fight a war on two fronts?

Answer 15

No, schifflen plan was to avoid it

Question 16

Themes of WWI were…

Answer 16

militarism, alliances, and nationalism

Question 17

What causes the most people to die in WWI

Answer 17

DIsease

Question 18

Trench Warfare began with what battle in WWI?

Answer 18

Marne

Question 19

The Triple Entente came together because of what country?

Answer 19

Germany

Question 20

Western or Eastern resulted in a Stalemate

Answer 20

Eastern