World War 1

Question 1

Name the 4 long term causes of WWI

Answer 1

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Question 2

The Balkan Region can best be described as what before WWI?

Answer 2

Powder Keg

Question 3

What was the immediate cause of WWI in Europe?

Answer 3

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

Question 4

Describe trench warfare

Answer 4

When the fighting took place from the trenches.

Question 5

Why was the machine gun so effective during WWI

Answer 5

Easy to kill many from its rapid fire as troops moved towards the trenches

Question 6

What was it called when soldiers attacked the enemy trenches

Answer 6

Trench warfare, “Over the top”

Question 7

Describe “No Man’s Land”

Answer 7

The place between the trenches and where many people died

Question 8

Compare/Contrast the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Verdun

Answer 8

The Battle of Somme was similar to Verdun because England gained 5 miles and Germany gained 4 in the Battle of Verdun.

Question 9

What was Russia’s greatest asset at the outbreak of WWI

Answer 9

Superiority in numbers

Question 10

How did WWI impact the immediate furture of Russia

Answer 10

Russia had a Revolution

Question 11

What did unrestricted submarine warfare seek to accomplish?

Answer 11

The Germans created a submarine blockade around Britain, hoping to starve them into defeat.

Question 12

What did the US do in response to the sinking of the Lusitania?

Answer 12

President Wilson sent a strong protest to Germany. Ultimately, the US joined the war.

Question 13

What did the US do in response to the Zimmerman note?

Answer 13

The US entered the war on the side of the Allies

Question 14

Describe the reasons why WWI was called a “total war”?

Answer 14

Every country put in all of their resources.

Question 15

What is propaganda and why was it used in WWI

Answer 15

to motivate and persuade people to join

Question 16

How were women affected during WWI?

Answer 16

They took the factory jobs of men

Question 17

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 17

One of five peace treaties that ended the war.

Question 18

Summarize the Fourteen Points

Answer 18

Woodrow Wilson’s plan that outlined a just and lasting peace

Question 19

Define self-determination

Answer 19

Allowing a country’s people to decide for themselves under government they wished to live

Question 20

What were war guilt and reparations?

Answer 20

Placed sole responsibilility for the war on Germany and they had to pay reparations.

Question 21

How are WWI and the Treaty of Versailles linked?

Answer 21

Two decades later, the bitterness of the treaty plunged the war into another major war.