WWI review Name the Central Powers

Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Ottoman Empire

Name the countries that make up the Triple Entente

Answer: Russia, France, and Great Britain

What country left the Triple Alliance in 1915?

Answer: Italy

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

Answer: The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

Rasputin was a mystical healer and adviser to…

Answer: Czar Nicholas II

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

Answer: Lived in trenches for weeks at a time.

At the beginning of the war this country remained neutral.

Answer: Italy

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

Answer: Whites

What were the four main causes of WWI?

Answer Militarism Alliance system Imperialism Nationalism

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

Answer: 30 mil

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

Answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina

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

Answer: Break British control of the seas

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.

Answer: Belgium

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

Answer: the payment of reparations

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

Answer: Convoy system

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

Answer: France

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

Answer: Czar Nicholas II

German authorities helped Lenin return to Russia because they…

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

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

Answer: Treaty of Versailles

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

Answer: its inability to acquire Albania

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 ___________

Answer: propaganda

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

Answer: Kerensky

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

Answer: Italy

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

Answer: Battle of Marne

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

Answer: Russia

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

Answer: Great Britain

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

Answer: Serbia

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?

Answer: The sinking of American ships by German submarines

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

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

Answer: Fourteen points

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

Answer: The convoy system

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

Answer: Armed forces

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.

Answer: Austria-Hungary

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

Answer: League of Nations