world war 1

Question 1

3 countries of the Triple Entente

Answer 1

France, Britain, Russia

Question 2

3 countries of the Central Powers

Answer 2

Germany, Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empires

Question 3

What were the details of the Schlieffen Plan in WWI?

Answer 3

Germans wanted to quickly defeat France and then focus on Russia in the east

Question 4

Member of the Triple Alliance that did not become part of the Central Powers once WWI broke out

Answer 4

Italy

Question 5

Country that surrendered to Germany before Germany was defeated by the Allies

Answer 5

Russia

Question 6

Russia mobilized for war when______ was invaded

Answer 6

Serbia

Question 7

nationality of the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 7

Serbian

Question 8

What region was Franz Ferdinand supposed to lead?

Answer 8

Austria- Hungary

Question 9

On which front did the Germans battle the French

Answer 9

Western front

Question 10

The estimated fatalities and injuries on the WWI battlefields

Answer 10

8.5 million dead, 21 million wounded

Question 11

Treaty between the Allied powers and Germany, signed exactly 5 years after the assassination of Francis Ferdinand

Answer 11

Treaty of Versailles

Question 12

Event that turned U.S. public opinion against Germany, prior to the U.S. entering WWI

Answer 12

The Sinking of the Lusitania

Question 13

The final straw that brought the U.S. into WWI against Germany

Answer 13

Germany’s offer to help mexico reconquer the land it lost to the US, if Mexico sided with Germany

Question 14

3 reasons why the United States joined the Allies in the war

Answer 14

American ships being sunk, Zimmerman Note, U.S and Britain had a good trading relationship

Question 15

Triple Allies

Answer 15

Germany, Austria Hungary, Italy

Question 16

What ended WW1 officially?

Answer 16

Treaty of Versailles

Question 17

WW1 ended on (date)

Answer 17

November 11