WWI Begin RETAKE

Question 1

1. ___________________ is a type of combat in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground.
   a. militarism
   b. no man’s land
   c. Trench warfare

Answer 1

c. Trench warfare

Question 2

Building up armed forces to prepare for war.
a. nationalism
b. militarism
c. Trench warfare

Answer 2

b. militarism

Question 3

Identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
a. nationalism
b. militarism
c. no man’s land

Answer 3

a. nationalism

Question 4

One side in World War I: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire.
a. Allies
b. Central Powers
c. no man’s land

Answer 4

a. Allies

Question 5

The disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies during WWI.
a. Trench warfare
b. no man’s land
c. Lusitania

Answer 5

b. no man’s land

Question 6

Young heir whose assassination triggered the start of WWI
a. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b. Sanford B. Dole
c. Alfred T. Mahan

Answer 6

a. Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 7

British passenger ship attacked and sunk by Germans.
a. U-Boat
b. Lusitania
c. USS Maine

Answer 7

b. Lusitania

Question 8

Message proposing an alliance between Germany and Mexico.
a. Zimmermann Telegram
b. Zimmermann note
c. Zimmermann message

Answer 8

b. Zimmermann note

Question 9

Why did the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand lead to the beginning of WWI?
a. because of the alliance system that pulled one nation after another into the conflict.
b. because of militarism that pulled one nation after another into the conflict.
c. because of nationalism that pulled one nation after another into the conflict.

Answer 9

a. because of the alliance system that pulled one nation after another into the conflict.

Question 10

Why did the fighting take place in France?
a. because the Germans planned to overrun Russia first then attack France.
b. because the French planned to overrun Germany first then attack Russia.
c. because the Germans planned to overrun France first then attack Russia.

Answer 10

c. because the Germans planned to overrun France first then attack Russia.

Question 11

Back in the United States, how did Americans feel about the war in Europe?
a. Strong but divided
b. Strong and united

Answer 11

a. Strong but divided

Question 12

In what ways did WWI affect American citizens?
a. American ships would challenge Britain’s blockade.
b. The war affected American shipping.

Answer 12

b. The war affected American shipping.

Question 13

What was one of the key events that led up to the United States joining the war in 1917, three years after the war began?
a. British agents intercepted the Zimmermann note, a telegram that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S.
b. German agents intercepted the Zimmermann note, a telegram that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S.
c. American agents intercepted the Zimmermann note, a telegram that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S.

Answer 13

a. British agents intercepted the Zimmermann note, a telegram that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S.

Question 14

What country did Austria-Hungary blame for the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a. Germany
b. Russia
c. Serbia

Answer 14

c. Serbia

Question 15

A person who believes fighting is wrong and therefore does not want to serve in the military.
a. conscientious objector
b. traitor objector
c. fascist

Answer 15

a. conscientious objector

Question 16

Truce agreement.
a. surrender
b. armistice

Answer 16

b. armistice