WWI

Question 1

M in Mania meaning

Answer 1

Militarism- military preparation are given high profile

Question 2

A in Mania and meaning

Answer 2

Alliances- agreement between 2 or more nations usually in a treaty

Question 3

N in Mania and meaning

Answer 3

Nationalism- loyalty towards one’s country

Question 4

I in mania and meaning

Answer 4

Imperialism- territory’s gaining more larger and powerful country

Question 5

A in Mania and meaning

Answer 5

Assassination- the murder of a important person

Question 6

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 6

Heir to throne of Austria- Hungarian Empire and was assassinated

Question 7

Black head

Answer 7

Serb local terrorist group living in Bosnia

Question 8

Propaganda and uses during war

Answer 8

Information that is biased and used to promote a political cause

Rallied fighting spirit, raised money for war bonds and created a diverse nation

Question 9

Sides of war

Answer 9

Allies- France, Russia, Great Britain, United States, Italy and Japan

Central powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and France

Question 10

Years of WWI

Answer 10

1914-1918

Question 11

Schlieffen plan

Answer 11

-Germany headed west through Belgium to France
-knocked out France before Russia gets its act together
-headed east to beat Russia

Question 12

WWI major battles

Answer 12

-battle of Mons August 1914
-Japan enter war August 1914
-Battle of Tennenburg August 1914
-1st battle of Marne Sep 1914
-Ottomans join war Nov 1914
Battle of Ypres: poison gas introduced to battlefield April 1915
-Lusitania Sunk May 1915
-Italy joins war May 1915
-Battle of Verdun Feb-Dec 1916
-Battle Jutland May-June 1916
-Zimmerman telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare 1917
-US joins war April 6, 1917
-Treaty of Brest-Lifosvk March 1918
-Battle of Meuse: Argonne Sep-Nov 1918
-Quitters and rebellions Sep-Nov 1918

Question 13

Japans role in WWI

Answer 13

Securing sea lands in West Pacific and Indian Ocean against Germans

Question 14

Ottoman Empire in WWI

Answer 14

They entered the war in 1914 on the Central Powers side and was defeated in 1918

Question 15

Lusitania

Answer 15

British passenger ship that was built for trading and sunk by Germans

Question 16

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 16

Was a secret communication issued from the German and a military alliance was proposed between Germany and Mexico if the U.S. entered the war

Question 17

U-boats

Answer 17

German submarine

Question 18

Airplanes

Answer 18

Used for military observation to locate an enemy

Question 19

Zeppelins

Answer 19

A airship that was flown by German military

Question 20

Tanks

Answer 20

Weapons platforms that make weapons more effective and protection provided for crews

Question 21

Machine guns

Answer 21

Weapons that fired bullets quickly like 450-600 rounds a minute

Question 22

Chemical weapons

Answer 22

Used to injure/kill defenders
Most common gas was mustard gas

Question 23

Trench warfare

Answer 23

Defensive military tactics used by both sides and allowed soldiers protection from enemy fire and troops advanced

Question 24

Advances in medicine

Answer 24

New antiseptics were developed to clean wounds and soldiers had become more disciplined about hygiene

Question 25

Women’s role in war on home front

Answer 25

Manufacturing and agricultural positions

Question 26

Armistice

Answer 26

Agreement made by opposing sifted to stop fighting in war for a certain time

Truce

Question 27

Paris peace conference

Answer 27

Establish terms of peace after war
Only 4 powers (US, Britain, France and Italy)
Result = treaty of Versailles

Question 28

Wilson’s 14 points

Answer 28

He believed 14 points would solve problems that led to WWI and prevent future wars
-no more secret treaties and alliances
-freedom of seas
-open and free trade
-reduction in arms
-adjustment of colonial boundaries
-specific boundary changes added on traditional ethnic/National lines
Establish League of Nations

Question 29

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 29

-9 new Nations
-establish French and britches mandates
-stripped Germany of military power
-charged Germany $33 million
-took Germanys oversea possessions
-made Germany admit all guilt for war
-establish League of Nations

Question 30

War-guilt clause

Answer 30

Forced Germany and other central powers for the blame in WWI

Question 31

Change in Europe’s border after WWI

Answer 31

-Russia empire created Poland, Baltics and Finland
-Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czech and Yugoslavia
-Ottoman Empire collapsed and Turkey was established