WWI

Question 1

Name the 3 countries of the Triple Entente

Answer 1

Great Britain, France, Russia

Question 2

Name the 3 countries of the Central Powers

Answer 2

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 3

What nation was led by Kaiser Wilhelm II?

Answer 3

Germany

Question 4

Why did Great Britain join the Allies in WWI?

Answer 4

Because Germany invaded neutral Belgium

Question 5

What were the details of the Schlieffen Plan in WWI was the German military strategy to
Quickly defeat ______ and then focus on ______ in the east

Answer 5

France, Russia

Question 6

Which member of the Triple Alliance did not become part of the Central Powers once WWI broke out?

Answer 6

Italy

Question 7

Although the Allies won the War, what country did not enjoy the benefits because it surrendered to Germany almost a year before Germany was defeated?

Answer 7

Russia

Question 8

Russia mobilized for war when what country was invaded?

Answer 8

Serbia

Question 9

The spark that started the War occurred when the future leader of what region was assassinated?

Answer 9

Austria-Hungary

Question 10

What was the nationality of the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 10

Serbian

Question 11

On which front did the Germans battle the French?

Answer 11

West

Question 12

Know the following nations created out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI:

Answer 12

Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary

Question 13

Know the estimated human costs on the WWI battlefields according to your book:

Answer 13

8.5 million dead soldiers, 21 million wounded

Question 14

What treaty between the Allied powers and Germany was signed exactly 5 years after the assassination of Francis Ferdinand?

Answer 14

Treaty of Versailles

Question 15

On which front was trench warfare most common?

Answer 15

West

Question 16

Two important Allied victories were won at this place (in 1914 and in 1918)

Answer 16

Marne

Question 17

What was the event that first turned U.S. public opinion against Germany prior to the U.S. entering WWI?

Answer 17

The Sinking of the Lusitania

Question 18

What was the final straw that brought the U.S. into WWI against Germany? What was the name of the message from Germany to Mexico?

Answer 18

Zimmerman Note

Question 19

Know the 3 reasons why the United States joined the war on the allies’ side:

Answer 19

American ships were sunk in the Atlantic
The Zimmermann Note
U.S. had a good trading relationship with Great Britain

Question 20

WWI was the first truly “industrial war”, and know the following new weapons of war introduced during WWI:

Answer 20

Machine gun
Tank
Airplane
Poison gas
New heavy artillery
Submarine

Question 21

European countries competed to have the biggest and strongest armies and navies.

Answer 21

Militarism

Question 22

European countries were divided into 2 major camps (or sides). Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were on one side, and France, Great Britain, and Russia were on the other side

Answer 22

Alliance System

Question 23

The people living in Europe often gave their greatest loyalty to those who share their history, culture, and language.

Answer 23

Nationalism

Question 24

Countries in Europe competed with each other for colonies in places like Africa and Southeast Asia.

Answer 24

Imperialism