World War I

Question 1

U.S. President during WWI

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson

Question 2

Russian Czar (leader)

Answer 2

Nicholas II

Question 3

Communist leader of the Bolsheviks

Answer 3

Vladimir Lenin

Question 4

German Kaiser (leader)

Answer 4

Wilhelm II

Question 5

Archduke of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated

Answer 5

Franz Ferdinand

Question 6

Assassin who killed the Archduke and his wife

Answer 6

Gavrilo Princip

Question 7

American general commanding during World War I

Answer 7

John J. Pershing

Question 8

The spread of biased, often false, information to win support for a cause.

Answer 8

Propaganda

Question 9

The right of a group to decide its own form of government.

Answer 9

Self-determination

Question 10

Pride in or devotion to one’s country.

Answer 10

Nationalism

Question 11

Situation in which there is a deadlock as neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

Answer 11

Stalemate

Question 12

Policy of building up and glorifying the armed forces

Answer 12

Militarism

Question 13

To prepare for the actual fighting of a war.

Answer 13

Mobilization

Question 14

Agreement to stop fighting.

Answer 14

Armistice

Question 15

The agreement between two or more nations to aid and support one another.

Answer 15

Alliance

Question 16

The name for the group of Europeans that were casualties of World War I.

Answer 16

Lost Generation

Question 17

Expanding ones empire by taking over areas of land.

Answer 17

Imperialism

Question 18

List the Triple Entente (later the basis for the Allied Powers)

Answer 18

Russia, Britain, and France

Question 19

List the MAIN causes of WWI

Answer 19

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Question 20

An early battle that stopped the German advance and saved Paris.

Answer 20

Marne

Question 21

The U.S.’s position at the start of WWI.

Answer 21

Neutral

Question 22

Germany’s plan to first attack Paris, France by going through Belgium and then focus their attention on attacking Russia.

Answer 22

The Schlieffen Plan

Question 23

The area between the trenches on the Western Front.

Answer 23

No man’s land

Question 24

Warfare based on protected lines of ditches

Answer 24

Trench Warfare

Question 25

Which country is known for the U-Boats (i.e. unterseeboot)?

Answer 25

Germany

Question 26

List WWI weapons

Answer 26

Poison gas, machine gun, airplane, flame thrower, tank, etc.

Question 27

The country that exited the war early due to a communist revolution.

Answer 27

Russia

Question 28

Who were the Bolsheviks?

Answer 28

The Communist group led by Lenin. They took over the Russian government in Oct./Nov. 1917.

Question 29

The German message that urged Mexico to attack the U.S. and announced that U-Boat attacks would resume.

Answer 29

The Zimmermann Telegram

Question 30

Why did Germany want Mexico to attack the U.S.?

Answer 30

American attention would be drawn away from Europe.

Question 31

The sinking of the Lusitania, the Russia Revolution (white, not red), and the Zimmermann Telegram are all reasons that…

Answer 31

The U.S. entered World War I on the side of the Allies

Question 32

When was the official armistice?

Answer 32

November 11, 1918 at 11 a.m.

Question 33

What are reparations?

Answer 33

Payments for damages done during the war

Question 34

Won won WWI?

Answer 34

The Allied Powers

Question 35

What was the name of President Wilson’s plan for peace?

Answer 35

The Fourteen Points

Question 36

What was the name of the peace alliance proposed by Wilson?

Answer 36

The League of Nations

Question 37

Why didn’t the U.S. join the League of Nations?

Answer 37

Concern that we would get involved in future wars

Question 38

Who wanted to punish Germany after WWI?

Answer 38

The top European Allies (Britain, France, Italy)

Question 39

What punishments were given to Germany under the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 39

1. Pay reparations
2. Take full responsibility for the war
3. Reduce size of military
4. Give up colonies/some territory