WWI

Question 0

Alsace + Lorraine

Answer 0

buffer state b/w germany, france

Question 1

Causes of WWI

Answer 1

Balkans conflict
Bosnian Crisis(young turks)
2nd Moroccan Crisis(german gunboat to agadir)
Saravejo War(assassination, Austria+Germany vs serbia)

Question 2

How did William II betray OVB?

Answer 2

he stopped being friends w/ Russia

Question 3

Pan slavism

Answer 3

all slavic peoples share nationality

Question 4

German/British Jealousy

Answer 4

Germany: water superiority
Britain:land?

Question 5

Result of competition:

Answer 5

arms race

Question 6

Mobilization:

Answer 6

raising and moving an army against a foe

Question 7

ultimatum

Answer 7

unless you ___, we will ___

Question 8

militarism

Answer 8

glorification of military, readiness for war

social darwinism

Question 9

Who supported Serbia? Why?

Answer 9

Germany/William II. B/c he wants to be a world power

Question 10

Who was assassinated on June 28, 1914? Where? By who?

Answer 10

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. In Serbia. Gavrilo Principe(BLack hand)

Question 11

Why did Austria give an ultimatum?

Answer 11

give Serbia a chance to placate them, but serbia doesn’t. Try to be peaceful though.

Question 12

German response to ultimatum:

Answer 12

almost back out, but ends up staying w/ Austria

Question 13

Russian response:

Answer 13

back Serbia

Question 14

Central Powers:

Answer 14

Austria, Hungary, Italy, Germany

Question 15

Triple Entente:

Answer 15

England, France, Russia

Question 16

Entente Cordial

Answer 16

Alliance b/w Britain, France

Question 17

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 17

German strategy. Surround France by going through Belgium while Russia is mobilizing

Question 18

WHy does the Schlieffen Plan fail?

Answer 18

Belgium resists invasion

Question 19

Why was there a stalemate on the Western front?

Answer 19

B/c new weaponry made it a defensive war.

Both sides make trenches, any attempt to charge gets decimated

Question 20

Notable Battles:

Answer 20

Ypres: first use of poison gas. By germans.
Marre: Last German push towards France

Question 21

Trench warfare

Answer 21

two sides dig trenches
occasional charges. THey are destroyed by machine guns.
trench foot, disease, cold

Question 22

WHy do Allies want the Dardanelles?

Answer 22

to cut off Russia from germany, interrupt trade

Question 23

Battle of Gallipoli

Answer 23

allies try to invade Turkey/Ottoman empire

complete failure, 500k dead, no progress

Question 24

Why did the US enter the war?

Answer 24

Lusitania is sunk, but Germany backs off.

Germany starts unrestricted sub war again, U.S. enters war.

Question 25

Women in the war

Answer 25

manufacturing, nursing. Recruitment(‘sexy’ posters)

Question 26

Total war:

Answer 26

all things in the nation are dedicated to the war: production, agriculture
press censored, strikes forbidden
propaganda

Question 27

14 points

Answer 27

free trade, democracy, self-determination

Idealist, fight for a moral cause

Question 28

Big three: different goals(britain, france, USA)

Answer 28

B: less navy, more reparations
F: alsace-lorraine, more reparations, less military
A: league of nations, fewer reparations

Question 29

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 29

German colonies distributed b/w Britain, France
Self determination
LARGE REPARATIONS
League of Nations
new nations formed)Czechslovakia

Question 30

Treaty of Versailles: Colonies, Arabs

Answer 30

Colonies: under B, F. helped to modernize
Arabs: Palestine, Iraq, Iran are own countries.