1. The Great War
APWH: Ch34 Mr. Mims

2. The spark for WWI began with the assassination of whom
The spark for WWI began with the assassination of whom? Who was the assassin? And in what city did this take place?

3. How many combatants died in WWI?

4. What is the term for the idea that people with the same ethnicity, language, and political ideas have the right to form sovereign states called?

5. The nationalistic aspirations of subject minorities was most threatening in what European state?

6. What country promoted Slavic cultural unity?

7. By 1914, England’s share of the world’s industrial output was at 14%, similar to what other European country?

8. In what areas were Germany and England in competition and conflict before WWI?

9. What countries made up the Triple Alliance?

10. What countries made up the Triple Entente?

12. Why were the French deeply suspicious of German expansion?

13. What was the German military plan to invade France by going through Belgium?

14. What was the attitude of most soldiers who went to the front in 1914?

15. Where was the German offensive halted?

16. Describe the Western Front.

17. Where was the massive German assault on the Western Front in 1916?

18. What was the Battle of the Somme?

19. On which Front was Germany more successful?

20. What effect did WWI have on the role of women?

21. What poet said, it is “sweet and fitting to die for one’s country” is an “old Lie” ?

22. What were the Twenty-One Demands?

23. What desire brought Japan into WWI?

24. What German African colony was conquered by the Allies?

25. What did the March Revolution of 1917 lead to the establishment of?

26. Who was the last Czar of Russia
Who was the last Czar of Russia? Here he is with his cousin King George V of the UK

27. What was the main reason the Provisional Government in Russia in 1917 unsuccessful?

28. What treaty ended Russian involvement in WWI?

29. What was the official factor in the US decision to enter WWI?

30. What was the Treaty of Versailles?

31. Why did Woodrow Wilson agree to such harsh stipulations in the Treaty of Versailles? What did he get from the deal?

32. In the wake of WWI, who became the president of Turkey?

33. What was the Mandate System?