WWI

Question 1

What is the acronmyn associated with the causes of WWI?

Answer 1

MANIA-Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination

Question 2

What was the immediate cause of WWI?

Answer 2

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Gavrilo Princip of Serbia

Question 3

What is militarism?

Answer 3

the buildup of a nation’s military to prepare for war

Question 4

How did alliances lead to a world war?

Answer 4

Alliances brought more countries into the war after the assassination. Example: Russia came in to support Serbia

Question 5

Who was known as the “Sick Man of Europe”? Why?

Answer 5

Ottoman Empire-lost 75% of their empire prior to the war

Question 6

Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman empire were known as the….

Answer 6

Central Powers

Question 7

France, England, Serbia, Russia are known as the…

Answer 7

Allied Powers

Question 8

Who remained neutral at first?

Answer 8

United States

Question 9

What is total war?

Answer 9

Channeling a nation’s entire resources into the war effort. (Example: rationing)

Question 10

What is propaganda? Why was it used?

Answer 10

spreading of a message to promote an idea. Used to get people to support the war effort

Question 11

What role did women play in WWI?

Answer 11

took jobs in factories while men were fighting

Question 12

Why did the U.S. become involved in WWI?

Answer 12

unrestricted submarine warfare (sinking of Lusitania), Zimmerman telegram

Question 13

What type of warfare was used during WWI? What did it lead to?

Answer 13

Trench warfare

Led to a stalemate

Question 14

What new weapons were used during WWI?

Answer 14

machine guns, airplanes, tanks, poison gas

Question 15

What treaty ended WWI?

Answer 15

Treaty of Versailles

Question 16

Who was blamed in the Treaty of Versailles? How?

Answer 16

Germany, had to pay reparations, lost colonies, forced to demilitarize, full blame for the war

Question 17

Who was the President of the United States at the time? What was his outline for peace called?

Answer 17

Woodrow Wilson, 14 Points

Question 18

What was self-determination?

Answer 18

The belief (created by Woodrow Wilson) that a new country created after WWI should be able to pick which type of gov’t they want to use

Question 19

Which new countries were created after WWI?

Answer 19

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, Yugoslavia

Question 20

What peacekeeping organization was created at the end of WWI?

Answer 20

League of Nations (U.S. did not join)