World War 1

Question 1

Triple Alliance

Answer 1

Triple Alliance-
•Italy
•Germany
•Austria-Hungary

Question 2

Triple Entente

Answer 2

Triple entente-
•France
•Russia
•Great Britain

•Was called a friendly agreement not an alliance

Question 3

We’re alliances guarantees of peace?

Answer 3

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Question 4

Ypres- Why was the location important to whoever controlled it?

Answer 4

There were two battles of Ypres
~First battle of Ypres: (allies vs Germans)~
•One was not a soldier unless he served on the Yepres front.”
•Nicknamed: “the salient”
•Leaders: FR, GB, GERM
•Not much gained after battle…attrition: fighting just to fight/kill.*
~Second battle of Ypres~
•First use of poison gas by Germany (allies were surprised by this)
•France and GB started to retreat…heavy German assault
•Battle of attrition*

Question 5

Trench warfare

Answer 5

1. Lots of disease from dead bodies, rats, flooding of trenches, body lice, ect.
2. Bad weather
3. Lots of hard work and time for not much territorial gain

Question 6

Which country declared war first?

Why?

Answer 6

•Austria declares war on Serbia because Serbia refused to agree with the the ultimatum created by Austria

Question 7

Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 7

• Assassinated in June 28, 1914 w/ wife Sophie
• Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, in Bosnia
• He went to give Bosnians a voice in gov’t to Hungarians
• Assassination caused chain reaction

Question 8

The Schlieffen Plan

Answer 8

•Created by General Alfred Fraf Von Schlieffen
•Plan to avoid 2 front war:
1.Attack France
2.Attack Russia (they were thought to be slow)
Germany attacks France through Belgium ignoring their refusal. Belgium declares war on Germany. Meltke led troops into heavily fortified areas, and Russian troops mobilized quickly.

Question 9

Attrition

Answer 9

Wearing down of the other side/ enemy.
No gains only fighting to kill/ fight
First battle of Marne (5 days) 
•Germany vs France (no real winner)
•Battle of Ypres (about the same amount of casualties) 
•Second battle of Ypres

Question 10

Balkans

What was their nickname? why?

Answer 10

• “The powder keg of Europe”
• No strong central gov’t, all Balkan states just gained independence and became nations
• All fighting for rights/ dominance

Question 11

Battle of Marne (one of the most important battles of the war)

Answer 11

1. The Schlieffen Plan laid in ruins after this battle

2. Brought two front war to life…No longer a short war

Question 12

Gallipolli Invasion (main point/ goal)

Answer 12

• Allied powers send in supply line to Russia to keep Germany from a 2 front war
• Driven back by the Turks who were very well armed, allies gave up and Russia withdrew from the war
• GALLIPOLLI INVASION FAILED

Question 13

Fundamental causes of WWI
M.A.I.N

Also…IA

Answer 13

M- militarism
A- alliances
I- imperialism
N- nationalism

IA- International Anarchy (lack of rules/gov’t= no peace and very problematic)