WWI

Question 1

What does MANIA stand for?

Answer 1

Militarism
Alliance
Nationalism
Imperialism 
Assassination

Question 2

Militarism

Answer 2

Policy of building up and glorifying a strong military in preparation for war

Question 3

Alliance

Answer 3

Pledge to defend each other if conflict arose

Question 4

Nationalism

Answer 4

Extreme pride in one’s country

Question 5

Imperialism

Answer 5

Domination of my be country by another

Question 6

Assassination

Answer 6

Murder of a political leader

Question 7

Triple Entente

Answer 7

Great Britain
France
Russia

Question 8

Triple Alliance

Answer 8

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy

Question 9

Examples of new weapons used in World War I

Answer 9

Rapid-Fire Machine Guns
Long Range Artillery 
Poison Gas
Tanks
Aircraft 
  -airplanes
     -pilots known as aces had dogfights over battlefield 
  -zeppelins
Submarines(unterseeboot) u-boats

Question 10

What was Schlieffen’s Plan?

Answer 10

Designed to avoid two front war

Idea was to move quickly against France before Russia could mobilize

Question 11

Why did Schlieffen’s plan fail?

Answer 11

Russia mobilized for war faster than Germany thought

British and French troops pushed Germans back

Question 12

Conscription

Answer 12

Required military service. All must sign up for “the draft”

Question 13

Propaganda

Answer 13

Spreading ideas that promote a cause or damage an opponent

Question 14

War fatigue

Answer 14

Tired of results from fighting

• casualties
• shortages
• failure to win promised victories

Question 15

Stalemate

Answer 15

Neither side was able to defeat the other

Question 16

Allied Powers

Answer 16

Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy

Question 17

Central Powers

Answer 17

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire

Question 18

How was the US involved

Answer 18

USA declared war on Germany and joined the Allied Powers because of cultural ties, Germany broke promise, and the Zimmerman note

US turned the tide for allies
Push Germans back and force their surrender

Question 19

What happened at the Paris Conference?

Answer 19

Paris: wanted to weaken Germany so it could not invade France
GB:wanted Germany to pay reparations
Italy: wanted territorial gain promised
USA: wanted 14 points especially League of Nations

Question 20

Who was not allowed to participate in the Paris Conference?

Answer 20

Central Powers because they lost

Russia because they left the war early

Question 21

How was Germany Punished?

Answer 21

Had to pay massive reparations
Severe limits on German military
Germany lost territory

Question 22

What was the outcome of the peace settlement?

Answer 22

League of Nations Created w/o USA

Question 23

Why did the USA not joined and what were the consequences?

Answer 23

US lawmakers voted against joining because they did not want to be involved in more wars. Not having the USA weakened the Leagues power. League had no power to stop war.

Question 24

What were the fourteen points

Answer 24

Freedom of the sea
Free trade
No secret alliances
LEAGUE OF NATIONS