WWI Features

Question 1

Triple Alliance

Answer 1

1. Formation and membership
2. Led to formation of the Triple Entente

Question 2

Triple Entente

Answer 2

1. Formation and membership
2. Friendly agreement

(friendly agreement/informal understanding/moral obligation)

Question 3

Alliance System

Answer 3

1. Triple Alliance
2. Triple Entente

Question 4

Naval Race

Answer 4

1. Dreadnoughts
2. German Naval Laws

Question 5

First Moroccan Crisis

Answer 5

1. Kaiser Wilhelm’s visit to Tangier
2. Algeciras Conference

Question 6

Second Moroccan Crisis

Answer 6

1. Increased tensions between European powers
2. Strengthened Entente Cordiale

Question 7

Bosnian Crisis

Answer 7

1. Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Increased tensions in Europe

Question 8

Balkan Wars

Answer 8

1. First Balkan War
2. Second Balkan War

Question 9

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Answer 9

1. Role of the Black Hand
2. Led to outbreak of WWI

Question 10

July Crisis

Answer 10

1. Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia
2. Increased tensions in Europe

Question 11

The Schlieffen Plan

Answer 11

1. Reasoning and assumptions
2. Failure

Question 12

Trench Warfare

Answer 12

1. Stalemate
2. Poor conditions

Question 13

Trench System

Answer 13

1. Layout
2. Features

Question 14

War in the Air

Answer 14

1. Dog fights
2. Effective for reconnaisance

Question 15

Tanks in the First World War

Answer 15

1. Limitations in battle
2. Strengths in battle

Question 16

Battle of the Somme

Answer 16

1. High casualties
2. Introduction of new weapons and tactics

Question 17

Battle of Passchendaele

Answer 17

1. Poor conditions
2. High casualties and limited progress

Question 18

Allied Leadership in the First World War

Answer 18

1. The role of General Douglas Haig
2. Unity under General Foch at the end of the war

Question 19

War at Sea

Answer 19

1. German unrestricted submarine warfare
2. British anti-U-boat measures

Question 20

Battle of Heligoland

Answer 20

1. British victory
2. Heavy German losses

Question 21

Battle of Dogger Bank

Answer 21

1. British victory
2. High casualties

Question 22

Battle of Jutland

Answer 22

1. Both sides claimed victory
2. Both sides suffered heavy losses

Question 23

Submarine Warfare

Answer 23

1. German unrestricted submarine warfare
2. British anti-U-boat measures

Question 24

British Anti-Submarine Methods

Answer 24

1. Minefields
2. Convoy systems

Question 25

Sinking of the Lusitania

Answer 25

1. Death toll and losses
2. Responses and international reactions

Question 26

Gallipoli Campaign

Answer 26

1. Failure
2. Evacuation

Question 27

Ludendorff Offensive

Answer 27

1. Germany’s desperation
2. Failure

Question 28

US Entry Into the War

Answer 28

1. Decisive in the Hundred Days’ Offensive
2. Influential in the background

Question 29

German Defeat in the First World War

Answer 29

1. Internal crisis
2. Political turmoil

Question 30

Hundred Days’ Offensive

Answer 30

1. Battle of Amiens
2. Destruction of the Hindenburg Line