WWII test review

Question 1

what triggered the US entry into WW1

Answer 1

sinking of american ships by german U-boats

Question 2

slogans such as wheatless mondays were used to try to encorage people to

Answer 2

conserve food

Question 3

the gathering of resources and the preparation for war is called

Answer 3

mobilization

Question 4

reasons US entered WW1

Answer 4

militarism, nationalism, economic rivaly

Question 5

what countries were in the central powers

Answer 5

germany, austria hungary, ottoman empire

Question 6

what countries were in the allied powers

Answer 6

england, france, US, russia

Question 7

what was the nickname given to the american soldiers

Answer 7

doughboys

Question 8

why did countries form alliances

Answer 8

increase military power

Question 9

what is militarism

Answer 9

maintianing an aggressive preparedness for war

Question 10

what was the area between the trenches called

Answer 10

no mans land

Question 11

president of the US during WW1

Answer 11

woodrow wilson

Question 12

who was the archduke of austria hungary who was asssasinated

Answer 12

franz ferdinand

Question 13

anothrer name for submarines

Answer 13

u boats

Question 14

u-boats sunk this british passenger ship called the

Answer 14

lusitania

Question 15

a system that prevents any one country from dominating others is called

Answer 15

balance of power

Question 16

in president wilsons peace plan the blank he proposed the establishment of a blank

Answer 16

fourteen points
league of nations

Question 17

many people felt that the treaty of blank was too harsh on blank

Answer 17

versailles
germany

Question 18

germany invaded this neural country to get to france

Answer 18

belgium

Question 19

what country left the war early because of an internal revolution

Answer 19

russia

Question 20

intense loyalty to ones country is called

Answer 20

nationalism

Question 21

the leader of the american forces in europe

Answer 21

general john j pershing

Question 22

a defensive agreement among nations is called

Answer 22

alliance system

Question 23

Teams of navy destroyers the escorted merchant ships were called

Answer 23

Convoys

Question 24

The United States was able to loan billions to the allies thanks to

Answer 24

Liberty bonds

Question 25

Many blank came north during the war, because they could blank

Answer 25

African Americans
Get factory jobs

Question 26

Propaganda

Answer 26

Spreading information to support/hurt a cause

Question 27

Zimmerman telegram

Answer 27

A note from Germany to Mexico (fight US)

Question 28

Unrestricted, submarine warfare

Answer 28

Ships are sunk Without Warning by Germans

Question 29

League of nations

Answer 29

An international organization to keep peace 

Question 30

Reparations

Answer 30

Payment from the enemy for war Time damages

Question 31

No man’s land

Answer 31

Dangerous territory between trenches

Question 32

14 points

Answer 32

Woodrow Wilson’s plan to keep the world safe

Question 33

Armistice

Answer 33

Cease-fire

Question 34

Self-determination

Answer 34

Power to make decisions about one’s future

Question 35

Ultimatum

Answer 35

Do this or else

Question 36

What are two reasons that you supported the allies, and not the central powers

Answer 36

The sinking of Lusitania, Zimmerman note, trading with allies, unrestricted submarine warfare by Germans 

Question 37

Explain how the treaty of Versailles’s may have led to World War II

Answer 37

blamed Germany, over punish them , created hatred

Question 38

List three new weapons introduced during World War I

Answer 38

Land mines, grenades, submarines, tanks, airplanes, machine guns, flamethrowers, poison gas

Question 39

During what years did World War II take place?

Answer 39

1914 to 1918