World War 1

WWI Test Study Guide 


  1. What are the “M.A.I.N.” causes of WWI?

    1.  Militarism

    2.  Alliances

    3. Imperialism 

    4.  Nationalism

  2. Who assassinated  Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

    1. Gavrilo Princip

  3. Why is the assassination considered the “spark” that started WWI?

    1. It was considered the spark due to it causing alliances and national tensions 

  4. What is the Black Hand? Which country are they associated with?

    1. The Black Hand was when a group of people wanted the creation of a better Serbia and they used violence if needed. They were associated with serbia.

  5. HOW and WHY is Propaganda used during wartime? What were some forms of propaganda used in WWI?

    1. It was used to influence the public about their opinion on WW1. It was used to try to get people to do things like join the army, hate, and get support. 

  6. What is total War?

    1. When a uses all their resources for war

  7. What is conscription?

    1. It was an enlistment for a state service. In this case the army. 

  8. Styles of fighting (Eastern Front v. Western Front)

    1. The Eastern Front had big areas and lots of movement while the western front had soldiers in long ditches and not moving a lot

  9. What is Trench Warfare? Why was this style of fighting so devastating to soldiers on the front lines? 

    1. Trench warfare is when people in the army would fight in ditches that were protected by barbed wire. This style of fighting was super devastating to soldiers on the front lines because they had to hide in the trenches and they would have to dig everytime the other army would come for safety.

  10. Why was WWI a war of attrition?

    1. This is because both sides tried to kill as many men from their enemy as possible. They were not even just trying to take land, but to just keep attacking each other. 

  11. What is unrestricted submarine warfare? Which country was using this type of warfare? How did it lead to the United States entering into WWI?

    1. Unrestricted submarine warfare was when a submarine would sink merchant ships without any warnings. Germany used this type of warfare. 

  12. Why was the sinking of the Lusitania a turning point for the US entering WWI?

    1. It was a turning point because the US was in a policy of neutrality before this war but now decided it was best to go into war.

  13. What is the Zimmerman Telegram? Who sent it? Who intercepted it? Why was this another reason for the US to enter into WWI?

    1. The Zimmerman telegram was a secret message from Germany to Mexico. It was intercepted by the British due to the message talking about offering an alliance to regain lost territories from the US. It made the US mad and entered the war.

  14. What was the Treaty of Versailles? 

    1. It was a peace treaty that ended the war.

  15. What was Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points?

    1. It was a statement that stated the principles for peace that could be used for peace negotiation in order to end the war.

  16. What was the League of Nations? Why did it not work?

    1. The league of nations was to prevent another world war but after 20 years there was another one.

  17. What are reparations? Why did the reparations anger Germany?

    1. Reparations are when some makes amends for doing something wrong. Germany was mad about this because they were blamed for everything and they had to do a lot of things like pay debts and they were not allowed to do specific things that they used to be able to do. 

  18. Know the term - B.R.A.T.

    1. BLAME - Germany takes the blame for starting WWI 

    2. REPARATIONS - Germany pays back reparations for WWI

    3. ARMY - Germany greatly reduces its Army/Weapons

    4. TERRITORY - Germany has to give up/give back territory (give back Alsace + Lorraine to France, gives up land to create Poland, The Sudetenland, a region that was overwhelmingly German, became part of the new country of Czechoslovakia)