World War I and Road to WWI Test

He led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and most of WWI

Wilhelm II

Battle strategy in which soldiers fought from deep puts into the earth:

Trench Warfare

He was president of the United States during WWI:

Woodrow Wilson

During WWI, submarines were most used by this country:

Germany

One sided information designed to persuade people/public opinion:

Propaganda

The sinking of this ship in 1915 brought the US closer to entering WWI:

The Lusitania

During WWI, stretch of battlefields along the German and Russian border:

Eastern Front

System in which governments limit the amount of items people can buy:

Rationing

Elected Prime Minister of Britain ona platform of making Germans pay for the war:

David Lloyd George

This treaty ended Russia’s participation in WWI

The Treaty of Brest'-Litovsk

The stretch of battlefields in northern France during WWI:

The Western Front

An agreement to stop fighting:

Armistice

Wilson’s plant 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 Clemeceau

This battle was fought over French fortress city and it 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?

United States

Which of the following statements about the Influenza Epidemic of 1917 is INcorrect?

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

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

The Second Battle of the Marne

The Battle of the Somme:

all of the above

The new concept of the “mandate”, created at the Paris Peace conference

all of the above

Which of the following statements about “Article 231” of the Treaty of Versailles in INcorrect?

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

The Schlieffen Plan called for Germany to:

first attack France and then attack Russia

How did the Allies respond to Wilson’s vision for peace

all of the above are true

Which of the following statements about Africa and Asia during WWI 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 forces engaged directly?

Battle of Jutland

Allowing people to decide for themselves was government they wished to live:

Self-determination

World War I was a “total war” in the sense that:

the nations involved devoted all of their resources to it

What did the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare refer to?

Germany’s policy to sink any ship in British waters without warning

American troops first saw action in large numbers in this battle:

2nd Battle of the Marne

What gamble did Germany make before the United States entered the War?

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

The Zimmerman Note, which pushed the United States to enter the war, exposed the German plan to:

help Mexico regain territory from the United States

Why did Italy refuse to support its ally Germany?

It accused Germany of starting the war

The armistice signed near Paris in November 1918 brought and end to:

World War I

What did the Central Powers gain over Russia at the Battle near Tannenberg

Germany drove the Russians into full retreat

During WWI, which country lost the largest number of troops

Russia

What goal for postwar peace was shared by the British and French leaders?

To punish Germany

proposed international association whose job it was to keep peace among the nations of the world

the League of Nations

Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Versailles is INcorrect?

It allowed for France to take back Alsace and for Germany to keep Lorraine

Which of the following statements about the Paris Peace Conference is INcorrect?

Italy, because they switched over to the Allies side during the war were the dominating players at the conference

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

Weltpolitik

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

Pan-Slavism

The spirit of revenge that Frenchy had toward Germany following the loss of the Franco-Prussian war

Revanchism

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

The Ottoman Empire

Head of Austrian-Hungarian Empire at the start of WWI

Francis Joseph

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

Militarism

In 19th/20th century, it was considered to be “the powder keg” of Europe

The 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

This was Germany’s solution to fighting a two front war

The Schlieffen Plan

Head of Russian government at the beginning of WWI

Nicholas II

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

Britain

Serbia turned to this larger 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 can to dominate Germany’s policy?

Wilhelm II

Which of the following statements about the Balkans is INcorrect?

Serbia annexed Bosnia in hopes of uniting southern Slavs in the Austrian Empire

Which nation was the first to declare war in what would become the Great War?

Austria-Hungary

On Jun 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated in the

Bosnian city of Sarajevo

The Ottoman Empire:

through its 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 heir to the Austri-Hungarian empire

The Black Hand

Which nation annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908

Austria-Hungary

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

Russia ignored German 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

Which of the following statements about militarism is INcorrect?

With 1.3 million men, the German army had grown to be the largest on the continent