World War I Flashcards
1.Which statement best describes the use of convoys in World War I?
a. Merchant ships were protected by warships against U-boat attack.
b. British zeppelins flew along with merchant ships across the Atlantic.
c. Trenches were dug in the Eastern Front specifically for commercial purpsoses.
d. Long range artillery was employed against enemy tanks.
a.Merchant ships were protected by warships against U-boat attack.
2.Which of the following is the best explanation for Russia’s entrance into World War I?
a. Russia stood by its one dependable ally, Austria-Hungary.
b. Austria declared war on Serbia, and Russia was its ally.
c. Russia wanted to punish Serbia for encouraging terrorism.
d. Russia wanted to avoid facing Germany alone at a later date.
b.Austria declared war on Serbia, and Russia was its ally.
3.Which of the following is NOT considered one of the long term causes of World War I?
a. nationalism
c. miltiarism
b. industrialism
d. alliance systems
b.industrialism
4.U-boat is another word for
a. merchant ship
c. the Dardanelles
b. submarine
d. zeppelin
b.submarine
5.A stalemate developed along the Western Front early in the war because
a. the German army fought with outdated weapons.
b. The United States immediately joined the war.
c. the French army was able to push Germany out.
d. Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win an advantage.
d.Trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win an advantage.
6.For which of the following reasons did the Schlieffen Plan fail?
a. Germany did not have a strong army.
c. Russia mobilized its army quickly.
b. Belgium could not be defeated.
d. The United States joined the war.
c.Russia mobilized its army quickly.
7.Why did Serbian nationalists plot the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary?
a. The Archduke had murdered many Serbs.
b. They wanted to start a world war.
c. They were protesting Austrian rule over Bosnia.
d. The Archduke was making democratic reforms.
c.They were protesting Austrian rule over Bosnia.
8.Governments used propaganda to
a. keep the public informed of the facts.
c. control public opinion.
b. finance the war effort.
d. supply the troops.
c.control public opinion.
9.President Wilson favored __________, the right of people to choose their own form of government.
a. armistice
c. propaganda
b. conscription
d. self-determination
d.self-determination
10.How did women help in the war effort?
a. They fought on the front lines alongside men.
b. They voted to support their leaders.
c. They worked in war industries.
d. They organized wawrtime blockades.
c.They worked in war industries.
11.What event boosted Allied morale in 1917?
a. The 14 Points Plan passed in the Senate.
b. The United States joined the war.
c. V.I. Lenin of Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
d. The Zimmerman Telegram revealed German weakness.
b.The United States joined the war.
12.What was the immediate result of Russia’s withdrawal from the war?
a. Russia instituted a democratic government.
b. Bread riots erupted into a Russian Revolution
c. Germany concentrated its forces on the Western Front.
d. The Allies overthrew the tsar.
c.Germany concentrated its forces on the Western Front.
13.What term best describes the spreading of ideas to promote a cause or damage an opposing cause?
a. armistice
c. contraband
b. propaganda
d. self-determination
b.propaganda
14.Another term for “the draft” is
a. propaganda.
c. conscription.
b. self-determination.
d. armistice.
c.conscription.
15.How did Germany respond to the British naval blockade?
a. It used U-Boats to sink ships carrying supplies to Britian.
b. It prevented all radio reports fromo reaching France and Britain.
c. It warned the British to break off relations with Mexico.
d. It launched a propaganda war.
a.It used U-Boats to sink ships carrying supplies to Britian.
16.In the Zimmermann note, Germany offered which of the following to Mexico if it joined the Central Powers?
a. rule over the North American continent
b. 3 trillion dollars in gold
c. the return of Mexican lands held by the United States
d. a fleet of submarines
c.the return of Mexican lands held by the United States
17.In general, the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles focused mainly on
a. increasing German power.
c. decreasing American influence.
b. punishing Germany.
d. strengthening the Ottoman empire.
b.punishing Germany.
18.Which of the following was one of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
a. the division of Russia into East Russia and West Russia
b. the right of Eastern Europeans to choose their own form of government
c. a statement of American neutrality in World War I
d. a call for a large-scale increase in the production of arms
b.the right of Eastern Europeans to choose their own form of government
19.Which Allied leader wanted to weaken Germany at the Paris Peace Conference so that it could never again threaten France?
a. Francis Ferdinand
c. Vittorio Orlando
b. Woodrow Wilson
d. Georges Clemenceau
d.Georges Clemenceau
20.The League of Nations was weakened because
a. Britain and France refused to join it.
c. The United States refused to join it.
b. Woodrow Wilson did not support it.
d. It did not provide collective security.
c.The United States refused to join it.
21.Which of the following countries was created following World War I?
a. Switzerland
c. Scotland
b. Yugoslavia
d. Bulgaria
b.Yugoslavia
22.The Treaty of Versailles
a. forced France to pay reparations.
c. forced Germany to pay war reparations.
b. blamed the war on Serbia and Austria-Hungary.
d. was written by Woodrow Wilson alone.
c.forced Germany to pay war reparations.
- prepare military forces for war
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
b.Mobilize
24.deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
d.Stalemate
- European military alliance that included Britain, France, and Russia
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
l.Triple Entente
- after World War I, a territory administered by a Western power
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
h.Mandate
- Serbian nationalist and member of the Black hand, he was responsible for the assassination that started World War I
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
t.Gavrillo Princip
- German plan to avoid a two-front war
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
p.Schlieffen Plan
29.agreement to end fighting in a war
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
n.Armistice
30.British Prime Minister who felt that Germany should not be punished harshly after World War I
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
x.David Lloyd George
31.the area between opposing trench lines; usually loaded with land mines and barbed wire
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
m.No Man’s Land
32.list of terms for resolving World War I and future wars outlined by American President Woodrow Wilson in January 1918
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
o.Fourteen Points Plan
33.heir to the Austrian throne, his assassination was the spark that started World War I
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
s.Archduke Franz Ferdinand
34.European military alliance that included Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
k.Triple Alliance
35.agreement to end World War I, which placed much of the blame for the war on Germany and instituting financial penalties on that country
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
r.Treaty of Versailles
36.French military leader who was named “Supreme Commander of Allied Armies”
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
y.Ferdinand Foch
37.Wife of Archduke Ferdinand; she was fatally shot in the abdomen in Sarajevo
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
w.Sophie Chotek
38.a final set of demands
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
j.Ultimatum
39.right of people to choose their own form of government
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
g.Self-Determination
40.agreement to end fighting in a war
a. Trench Warfare
n. Armistice
b. Mobilize
o. Fourteen Points Plan
c. Neutrality
p. Schlieffen Plan
d. Stalemate
q. Black Hand
e. U-Boat
r. Treaty of Versailles
f. Lusitania
s. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
g. Self-Determination
t. Gavrillo Princip
h. Mandate
u. John Pershing
i. Collective Security
v. Eddie Rickenbacker
j. Ultimatum
w. Sophie Chotek
k. Triple Alliance
x. David Lloyd George
l. Triple Entente
y. Ferdinand Foch
m. No Man’s Land
n.Armistice
