1. Review for WWI Quiz

2. US President Woodrow Wilson argued at the Paris Peace Conference most strongly for
Germany to pay reparations.
Germany to keep it’s colonies
Russia to end communism.
a League of Nations to prevent future wars

3. France was pleased to see that the Treaty of Versailles required
Germany to build a wall in Berlin
Germany to pay reparations.
Germany to become communist.
Germany to fix the Iron Curtain.

4. World War I was a _______________, meaning that it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.
total war
revolutionary war
cold war
civil war

5. The German government argued that sinking the Lusitania was justified because the ship had been carrying
Allied troops
British citizens
American citizens
weapons to the Allies

6. The German military plan devised by General Von Schlieffen
relied on Germany’s air force
depended on help from Great Britain
required use of atomic bombs
called for war against France & Russia

7. What day was the armistice signed that marked the end of WWI hostilities?
December 7, 1941
July 4, 1914
November 11, 1918
June 6, 1917

8. All of the following describe trench warfare EXCEPT
unrestricted use of submarines and torpedoes
a no man’s land in the middle where men risk being shot
rats in the trenches eating your food
constant artillery strikes and attacks

9. Necessary steps in mobilization for war include gathering volunteer troops, supplies and weapons. If enough men did not volunteer, then a country had to rely on _______.
women to fight
threatening death
Conscription (draft)
cutting off immigration

10. Which country was not a member of the Central Powers during WWI
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman Empire

11. Which country was not a member of the Allies during WWI
Great Britain
Spain
Russia
France

12. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points were intended to
make the United States, Great Britain, and France into leading world powers
redistribute Germany’s colonies among the Allied nations
serve as the basis of a peace settlement
punish Germany for causing World War I

13. A major cause of the outbreak of World War I was
a decline in the policy of imperialism
an increase in acts of aggression by England
the existence of opposing alliances
the spread of communism throughout Europe

14. Which situation was a major reason for the United States entry into World War I?
The League of Nations requested help
The Maine was blown up in Havana Harbor
Nazi tyranny threatened Western democracy
Germany’s use of unrestricted submarine warfare

15. Used during World War I to convince most citizens that their nation’s cause was just and to stir up national hatreds
pop art
Propaganda
planned economies
militarism

16. The inflammatory Zimmerman Telegram proposed that in the event of war between the U. S. and Germany:
America would send troops to Cuba to assassinate Fidel Castro.
Mexico would join the Central Powers and attack the United States.
Germany would send missiles to Cuba.
Germany would use unrestricted submarine warfare against the Mexicans.