The Black Hand was a secret society committed to ridding Bosnia of Austrian rule.
True
False
Trench warfare was the primary form of warfare used on the Eastern Front.
False
True
What is nationalism?
An alliance of countries with a similar history
Deep devotion to one's nation
The common borders
The unity of different nations
The League of Nations was to be an international association whose goal would be to keep peace among nations.
True
False
Which of the following countries completely changed their name after WWI?
Romania
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
The area between the trenches was known as the Eastern Front.
True
False
Article 231, also known as the "war guilt" clause, ordered _____________ to pay huge war reparations to Allied nations
Britain
Ottoman Empire
Germany
France
Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?
Ally with Russia to fight France
Send half of the army to France and half to Russia
<b>Attack France first, then Russia</b>
Attack Russia first, then France
Although Japan had been part of the Triple Alliance, it refused to join the Central Powers.
True
False
Why was the Balkans known to be the “powder keg” of Europe?
This was the name given to it
It was an area of nationalist uprisings and ethnicclashes
There was one ethnic group living there
There was no interest in that area
In January 1917, _____ announced that their submarines would sink without warning any ship in the waters around Britain.
Austria-Hungary
France
Germany
The Ottoman Empire
A/An _______________ is a list of demands, that if not met, can lead to serious consequences.
annexation
military alliance
ultimatum
entente
The deadlocked, stalemate, region in northern France became known as the Eastern Front.
True
False
WWI soon became a _________________.
Religious War
Proxy War
Total War
Cold War
The stretch of battlefield along the German and Russian border was the __________.
Balkans
Eastern Front
Trench warfare
Western Front
Why was there hostility between Austria-Hungary and Serbia?
Serbia had given up Bosnia
No one was interested in the Balkans
The Balkan area was in conflict.
Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina
The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies.
False
True
One of the reasons World War I was considered a new kind of war was because _______________
it involved the use of new technologies
it was not as destructive as the other wars
the economy was not affected
Not many people died
The guiding principle behind Wilson's Fourteen Points was ___________.
Colonization
None of the answers is correct
Self-Determination
Mandates System
The Zimmerman Note, which pushed USA into war exposed the German plans to ______
sink passenger ships without warning
help Mexico regain US territory
make a truce with Russia
plant German spies in USA
The _________ had a long history of nationalist uprisings, ethnic clashes, and were known as the “powder keg” of Europe.
Romans
Hapsburgs
Balkans
British
The Triple Alliance was made up by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.
False
True
Bosnia and Herzegovina had a large Slavic population and hoped to absorb all the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula.
True
False
A promising strategy for the Allies was to attack a region in the Ottoman Empire known as __________.
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Canakkale
Constantinople
Which TWO non-Balkan nations competed for dominance of the Balkans?
Japan and Italy
Serbia and Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary and France
Great Britain and Italy
Archduke of Austria-Hungary who got killed while he was visiting Sarajevo with his wife Sophie
Kaisser Wilhelm
Napoleon III
Franz Ferdinand
Otto Von Bismarck
The Russian army’s greatest asset was its advanced navy.
False
True
Article 231, also known as the, __________, ordered Germany to pay huge war reparations to Allied nations
"war guilt" clause
Self-Determination Clause
Fourteen Points
Mandates' Clause
By early 1915, opposing armies on the Western Front had dug miles of parallel ___ to protect themselves from enemy fire.
Tunnels
Turnpikes
Trenches
Submarines
In March 1918, Germany and Russia signed the Treaty of ___________, which ended the war between them.
Armstice
Mandates
Brest-Litovsk
Versailles
Japan and Italy joined the Triple Entente and were known as __________________.
Neutral Powers
Triple Powers
Allied Powers
Central Powers
In this type of warfare, soldiers fought each other from trenches.
Deadlock
Trench warfare
Submaribe warfare
Eastern Front
The post-WWI international organization whose goal was to keep peace among nations was called the ____________.
UN
League of Nations
Eastern Front
Western Front
In 1908, Russia annexed, or took over, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
True
False
The Germans launched a massive attack against the French near Verdun Castle in 1916.
False
True
Which nation annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908?
Austria-Hungary
France
Russia
Germany
Although it had been on the side of the Central Powers at first, _____________, joined the Allies later, during the war.
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
The Ottoman Empire
Italy
___________ was a new WWI weapon that caused blindness, blisters and choking.
The submarine
Poison Gas
The machine gun
The tank
Which THREE nations belonged to the Triple Entente?
Great Britain, the USA and France
Germany, Serbia and France
Britain, France, Russia
Russia, Italy and Great Britain
Two nations deliberately excluded from the League of Nations were Germany and Russia.
False
True
In January 1918, __________ had drawn up a series of peace proposals known as the Fourteen Points.
Widrow Wilson
Otto Von Bismarck
Kaiser Wilhelm
David Cleemenceau
Bulgaria was in the Triple Alliance but later switched sides after accusing their partners of unjustly starting a war.
True
False
What region was referred to as the Powder Keg of Europe?
Alsace Lorrain
The Western Front
The Ottoman Empire
The Balkans
Which of the European powers had the strongest navy?
France
Russia
Briatian
Bulgaria
_______________ was the ruler of Germany when the war started.
Gavrilo Princip
Otto von Bismarck
Franz Ferdinand
<b>Kaiser Wilhelm II</b>
Before WWI, the two alliances were called __________
Triple Entente and Triple Alliance
Triple Alliance and Axis Powers
Triple Entente and Allied Powers
Homefront and Warfront
Why were Germany and Austria-Hungary known as Central Powers?
Due to their geographic location in the heart of Europe
They had combined armies
Due to their alliance in the war
This is because the war was fought on two fronts
The World War I alliance that included Great Britain, France and Russia was the ________.
Allied Powers / Western Front
Triple Alliance
Schlieffen Plan
Triple Entente
Which THREE nations belonged to the Triple Alliance?
. Great Britain, France and the USA
Germany, Italy and the Ottoman Empire
<b>Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary</b>
France, Great Britain and Japan
The Balkan peninsula, in the southern corner of Asia, was home to an assortment of ethnic groups
False
True
A promising strategy for the Allies was the _______ (attacking a region in the Ottoman Empire known as Dardanelles).
Gallipoli Campaign
unrestricted submarine warfare
propaganda
rationing
Where did the German government representative meet with French Commander Marshal Foch?
In a railway car near the Turkish borders
In a railway car near Austria
In a railway car near Germany
In a railway car near Paris
After WWI, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, formerly part of ___________, became independent nations.
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Bulgaria
The Ottoman Empire
What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war called?
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Between 1864 and 1871, Prussia’s blood-and-iron chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, used war to unify Germany.
True
False
Which terms describe a defense agreement between countries to assist each other?
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
Alliances
On November 9th, 1918, Kaiser Wilhelm stepped down and Germany declared itself a republic.
False
True
By securing the Dardanelles, the ________ believed they could take Constantinople.
Central Powers
Austro-Hungarians
Allies
Germans
Great Britain was represented at the Paris Peace Conference by George Clemenceau.
True
False
Which term best describes extreme pride in one's country?
Nationalism
Imperialism
Militarism
Alliances
What was "rationing"?
People were only allowed to buy small amounts of items needed for the war
Buying whatever people wanted
Soldiers ate and slept in mud
Separating good and bad times
Which nation was the first to declare war in what would come to be called the Great War?
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed between ____________ to stop the war between them.
Great Britain & France
Germany & Russia
Italy & Russia
USA & Germany
Which nation greatly regretted its loss of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in 1870?
Germany
France
Britain
Austria-Hungary
The quest for colonies or _______________ pushed Europe to the brink of war.
colonialism
imperialism
Socialism
militarism
Which nation’s heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by a Serbian nationalist?
Austria-Hungary
France
Serbia
Germany
Imperialism and Militarism worked together to promote war.
False
True
Life in the trenches was pure _____________.
misery
rich
enjoyment
fun
Where was the Eastern front?
Across Italy
<b>Along the border between Russia & Germany, Austria-Hungary</b>
From the North sea to the Swiss border
Across Britain
Where was the Western Front?
Along the borders of Italy with Austria-Hungary
Across Russia
Along the borders of France with Germany
Across Germany
Which countries formed the Central Powers?
Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, then they were joined by Bulgaria, Ottomans
<b>Germany, Austria-Hungary, then they were joined</b> <b>by Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire</b>
Italy and France and then were joined by Bulgaria and theOttoman Empire.
Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary and then were joined byGermany
One of the five treaties negotiated by the Allies was known as the Treaty of Versailles
False
True
The German government signed an Armistice, which was an agreement to stop fighting with France.
True
False