1. WWI review
Name the Central Powers

2. Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Ottoman Empire

3. Name the countries that make up the Triple Entente

4. Answer: Russia, France, and Great Britain

5. What country left the Triple Alliance in 1915?

6. Answer: Italy

7. Austria-Hungary’s ultimatum was to Serbia was triggered by…

8. Answer: The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

9. Rasputin was a mystical healer and adviser to…

10. Answer: Czar Nicholas II

11. During the long stalemate on the Western Front, many soldiers…

12. Answer: Lived in trenches for weeks at a time.

13. At the beginning of the war this country remained neutral.

14. Answer: Italy

15. Bringing Russia back into the war against the Central Powers was one objective of Allied support for the…

16. Answer: Whites

17. What were the four main causes of WWI?

18. Answer
Militarism
Alliance system
Imperialism
Nationalism

19. The number of soldiers killed and wounded in WWI was about…

20. Answer: 30 mil

21. The Slavic territories annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908 were
Hint: Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated here.

22. Answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina

23. In 1917 the Germans resumed a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in order to

24. Answer: Break British control of the seas

25. Germany ignored an 1839 treaty that guaranteed the neutrality of (which country)?
Hint: This is the first country that Germany went through to get to France.

26. Answer: Belgium

27. Disagreeing with Woodrow Wilson, France demanded that any peace settlement must include…

28. Answer: the payment of reparations

29. What system was put in place that helped the allies counteract the German u-boats?

30. Answer: Convoy system

31. The war strategy of Alfred von Schlieffen called for a quick defeat of which country?

32. Answer: France

33. The March revolution was a spontaneous citizen’s uprising that led to someone’s abdication…who was it?

34. Answer: Czar Nicholas II

35. German authorities helped Lenin return to Russia because they…

36. Answer: hoped he could promote Russia’s withdrawal from WWI.

37. German payment of reparations, the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, & Germany’s loss of its overseas possessions were all a result of…

38. Answer: Treaty of Versailles

39. The Balkan wars of 1912-1913 ended with Serbia’s unhappiness over…

40. Answer: its inability to acquire Albania

41. How did countries try to maintain citizens’ morale during the war
How did countries try to maintain citizens’ morale during the war? They used this to keep morale high…the spread of ___________

42. Answer: propaganda

43. This person was the minister of Russia’s provisional gov’t and a leader in the Petrograd Soviet.

44. Answer: Kerensky

45. This country joined the Triple Alliance largely because it desired allies against France.
Hint: They left the Triple Alliance in 1915.

46. Answer: Italy

47. The failure of the Schlieffen Plan was finally made apparent by the German defeat at the…

48. Answer: Battle of Marne

49. This country was a defender of Slavic interests and felt compelled to aid Serbia.

50. Answer: Russia

51. This country entered the war when Germany refused to withdraw from Belgium.

52. Answer: Great Britain

53. On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on which country?

54. Answer: Serbia

55. What played a major factor in the decision of the U. S
What played a major factor in the decision of the U.S. entering into the war?

56. Answer: The sinking of American ships by German submarines

57. According to the Zimmerman telegram, if Mexico allied with ____________, they would help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

58. This was President Woodrow Wilson’s vision for international policy after WWI.
Hint: He wrote it!

59. Answer: Fourteen points

60. The number of American ships that were sunk on their way to Europe declined during WWI as a result of the…

61. Answer: The convoy system

62. WWI was the first war in which women officially served in the ______________.

63. Answer: Armed forces

64. The map of Europe significantly changes after the war is over
The map of Europe significantly changes after the war is over. Which country is dismembered (divided) after the war? It leaves them economically unstable.

65. Answer: Austria-Hungary

66. This was a peace organization that was included in Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
Hint: The U.S. never joined

67. Answer: League of Nations