World History Final: Road to WWI

Road to WWI

The idea that Germany, through naval expansion, could transform behrself into a world power

Weltpolik

The idea that all Slavic people are united by their common culture rather than political boundaries:

Pan-Slavism

The spirit of revenge that the French had towards Germany following the loss of the Franco-Prussian War

Revanchism

The 19th century, they were considered to be “sick man of Europe”

Ottoman Empire

Head of A-H Empire at the start of WWI

Francis Joseph

The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war

Militarism

The 19th-20th century, was considered to be “the powder keg” of Europe

Balkans

Process of assembling and making troops and supplies ready for war.

Mobilization

France wanted to regain this territory back from Germany

Alsace-Lorraine

Innocent victim of the war, neutral area that was invaded

Belgium

Germany’s solution to fighting and winning a 2-Front war

Sclieffen Plan

Process of making troops and supplies ready for war.

Mobilization

Head of Russian gov at beginning of WWI

Nicholas II

Which of the Great Powers did NOT have a large army in 1914?

Britain

Serbia turned to this large and more powerful nation for support when Austria threatened war

Russia

Who initially objected to war within the Austro-Hungarian Empire

The Hungarians

Why did Bismarck seek alliances that later became the triple alliance

To isolate France

How did Serbia respond to the Austrian ultimatum

They sent a reply two minutes before the deadline

Which nation did Otto von Bismarck believe was the greatest threat to peace in Europe?

France

The harsh peace settlement dictated by the Allies at the end of WWI was

The Treaty of Versailles

After Bismarck was fired in 1890, who came to dominate Germany’s foreign policy?

Wilhelm II

Which of the following statements about millitarism is INCORRECT?

Britain was the only European Power that did not practice conscription

Which of the following statements about the Balkans is INCORRECT

Serbia annexed Bosnia in hopes of unitng southern Slavs in the Austrian Empire.

Which nation was the first to declare war in what would come to be called the Great War?

A-H

On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the:

Bosnian city of Sarajevo

The ottoman Empire

Through this weakness contributed to outbreak of the Balkan Wars and the resulting tensions between the countries of Austria and Russia

What was the name of the terrorist organization that murdered the heart to the A-H empire?

The Black Hand

Which nation annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908?

A-H

On August 1,1914, Germany declared war on Russia because:

Russia ignored Germany warning to halt mobilization.

Which of the following statements about Armenia is INCORRECT

THe TUrks peacefully let the Armenians withdraw from the Empire and form their own country

He led Germany during the last decade of the 1800ss and most of wwi

WIlhelm II

Battle Strategy in which soldiers fought from deppt pits dug into the earth

Trench warfare

He was the President of the US during WWI

Woodrow WIlson

During WWI, submarines were used most by this country

Germany

One sided information designed to persuade people/public opinion

Propaganda

THe sinking of this ship in 1915 brought the US closet to entering WWI

Lustinania

During WWI, stretch of battlefields along the Germand and RUssian border

Eastern front

System inw which gov limits the amount of items people can buy

Rationing

Elected Prime Minister of Britain on a platform of making the Germany Pay for the war

David LLoyd George

THis treaty ended RUssia’s participation for WWI

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The stretch of battlefields in northern France during WWI

The Western Front

An agreement to stop fighting

Armistice

Wilson’s plan proposal for achieving a just and lasting peace

The Fourteen Points

The area of land located between two opposing trenches

No man’s land

Feisty Prime minister who led France during WWI

Georges Clemenceau

This battle was fought over French fortress city and ti was one of the most fiercely contested engagements of WWI

Battle of Verdun

Which of the following countries lost the smallest number of troops from battlefield deaths

US

Which of the following statements about the influenza Epidemic of 1918 is INCORRECT

It was nicknamed the French Flu because it first emerged in the trenches of northern France

The final German offensive was stopped July 18,1918 at the

Second Battle of Marne

The Battle of the Somme

Epic battle in summer of 1916 resulting in casualties totaling more than a million soldiers, marked first time tanks were used in modern war, it was by far the greatest single British offensive of the war (all of the above)

Concept o/ “Mandate” created at Paris Peace Conference

Was a means by which the European nations enable other nations to achieve national self-determination, was a device t=for giving a nation the right administer another nation on its behalf of the League of Nations, actually expanded Western Imperialism in former Ottoman areas.

Whcih of the following statements about Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles is false?

It allowed for Germany to keep its overseas territories/colonies as long as it paid off the reparation in a timely manner.

The Schlieffen plan called for Germany to:

First attack France adnt hen attack Russia

How did the Allies respond to WIlson’s vision for peace?

B+F showed little sign of agreeing to WIlson’s plan, B+F were concerned with strengthening their own security, B=F wanted to strip Germany of its war-making power (all of the above)

WHich of the following statements about Africa and Adia during World War I is Incorrect?

THe CHinese quickly overran German outposts in Asia, specifically their Pacific Island colonies

WHich was the only battle in which German and British naval forced engaged directly?

Battle of Jutland

ALlowing people to deiced for themselves under what government they wished to live

Self-determination

The WWI was a total war in the sense that:

The nations involved devoted all their resource to it

What did the policy of unrestircture submarine warfare refer to?

Germany’s policy to sink any ship in the British water without warning.

American troops first saw action in large number int his battle:

Second battle of the Marne

What gamble did Germany make before the US entered the War?

That their blockade would defeat Great Britain before American troops arrived to France.

The Zimmerman Note, which pushed the US to enter the war, exposed the German plant to:

Help Mexico regain territory from the US

Why did Italy refuse to support its ally Germany?

It accused Germany of starting the war.

This armistice signed near Paris in November 1918 brought an end to:

WWI