WW1

Question 1

5 causes of WW1

Answer 1

MANIA Militarism, Alliance system, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

Great powers began to build up their army’s and navies, Glorification of the military made governments want to have the most powerful military

Question 2

Pre-war Triple Entente members

Answer 2

Russia, France, Britain

Question 3

Pre-war Triple Alliance members

Answer 3

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 4

During the war Allied powers members

Answer 4

Britain, France, Russia, US, Italy, and Japan (Pacific)

Question 5

During the war Central powers

Answer 5

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 6

How did the assassination of the archduke spin war into motion

Answer 6

Him in his wife were killed going through Sarajevo by a conspirator from Serbia who was apart of the Siberian Nationalist terrorist group

Question 7

What was the bank check

Answer 7

Germany would give Austria Hungary unconditional support if they went to war with Serbia

Question 8

Name the 5 events following Austria declaring war on Serbia

Answer 8

1.Russia began to mobilize to protect Serbia,
2.Germany declared war on Russia,
3.France began mobilizing (Russian ally)
4.Germany declared war on France
5.Germany invaded Belgium to crush and encircle France

Question 9

What led to stalemates

Answer 9

Trench warfare

Question 10

Kaiser Wilhem ll ran

Answer 10

Germnay

Question 11

Franz Joseph l ran

Answer 11

Austria- Hungary

Question 12

Abdul Hamid ll ran

Answer 12

Ottoman Empire

Question 13

David Llyd Gerorge ran

Answer 13

Britain

Question 14

Raymond Poincare ran

Answer 14

France

Question 15

Tsar Nicholas ll ran

Answer 15

Russia

Question 16

Woodrow Wilson ran

Answer 16

U.S

Question 17

Vittorio Orlando ran

Answer 17

Italy

Question 18

What are the 3 western front battles

Answer 18

Battle of the Marne, Verdun, Somme

Question 19

What battle set the stage for 4 years of trench warfare, Ended Germans hope of a quick victory, and was a Allied victory

Answer 19

Battle of the Marne

Question 20

What battle was 10 months long, France vs. Germany, No strategic advantages for either side, 540,000 french causalities, 430,000 German causalities

Answer 20

Verdun

Question 21

What battle is Britain and France vs. Germany, Six months, Five miles of advancement for the allies, one of the bloodiest battles in recorded history

Answer 21

Somme

Question 22

What were the 4 eastern front battles

Answer 22

Tannenberg, Turkish straights, Battle of Gallipoli, Caparetto,

Question 23

What battle was the eastern front, Russian vs Germany, Russia lost over a million soldiers, Russian army pushed back, Russia was outgunned and under supplied

Answer 23

Tannenberg

Question 24

What battle was ottoman Turks vs. British international force, The Dardenelles.

Answer 24

Turkish straights

Question 25

What battle did allies try to capture the dardanelles which are a key supply route to Russia, 10 month battle, Victory for the Turks.

Answer 25

Gallipoli

Question 26

What battle Italy vs. Austria/German combined forces, Major loss for the Italians, the use of poison gas played a major role, Italians lost 300,000 soldiers occurred in present day Slovenia, German win

Answer 26

Caparetto

Question 27

What is the plan that Germans rushed into France as fast as possible, but machine guns stopped the plan

Answer 27

Schlieffen plan

Question 28

Were trenches long or short

Answer 28

long

Question 29

What was the area between trenches

Answer 29

No mans land

Question 30

How did trench warfare effect the WW1 timeline

Answer 30

It extended it from a few months to 4 years

Question 31

What war was the first major war to use chemical weapons

Answer 31

WW1

Question 32

What were the 2 most popular gasses in WW1

Answer 32

Mustard, Chlorine

Question 33

What were 3 effects of Mustard and Chlorine gas

Answer 33

Suffocation, blindness, death

Question 34

What was Germans secret weapon during the war

Answer 34

U-Boat

Question 35

What were airplanes like WW1

Answer 35

slow, clumsy, unreliable

Question 36

Who was the most famous pilot

Answer 36

German Baron von Reichthofen

Question 37

What were 2 outcomes to the Treaty of Brest-litovsk

Answer 37

1. allowed Russia to exit the war 2.Germany gained part of the Russian empire including the baltic states and parts of poland and ukraine

Question 38

Who sank the Lusitania

Answer 38

German u-boats

Question 39

What was the Sussex pledge

Answer 39

Germany promised not to slink merchant chips without warning and saving human lives

Question 40

Zimmerman note

Answer 40

Germany sent a letter to Mexico for a compromise that if they declared war on U.S they would help them gain back territory from the u.s and then the u.s would leave europe, but britain intercepted it, the u.s saw it and Mexico never responded

Question 41

What was the last reason for the u.s joining the world war

Answer 41

Germany sank 3 merchant ships, congress wanted war, they declared war on Germany in 1917

Question 42

2 reasons why Russia exited the war

Answer 42

they had a government change due to the Russian revolution in 1917, Vladimr Lenin and the Bolsheviks reached an agreement with the german goveremnt

Question 43

What u.s president joined WW1

Answer 43

Woodrow wilson

Question 44

National defence act

Answer 44

expanded the army and authorized more warships

Question 45

What are the 3 reasons the central powers crumbled at the end of the war

Answer 45

revoulitions in Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire surrenders, German soldiers mutiny and the public turns against Kahier Wilhem ll

Question 46

Kaiser Wilhem resigned (Abdicated) on...

Answer 46

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918

Question 47

armistice

Answer 47

cease fire