Module 19 World War I Test Review

Triple Alliance

A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I

Triple Entente

A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.

8 million

Approximately how many soldiers were killed during the Great War?

Vladimir Lenin

Communist leader who accepted the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany

1. End of secret treaties 2. Reduce national militaries 3. Observe freedom of the seas

Components of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points?

1.Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia following the archduke's assassination. 2.Russia moves troops to the Austrian and German borders. 3.Germany issues a declaration of war against Russia. 4.Germany invades France according to the Schlieffen Plan. 5.Germany is defeated at the Battle of the Marne.

Events during WWI order

1.Great Britain, France, and Germany seek new colonies in Asia and Africa. 2.France loses the Franco-Prussian War and vows to reclaim lost territories. 3.Italy joins Germany and Austria-Hungary in forming the Triple Alliance. 4.Great Britain, France, and Russia join the Triple Entente. 5. Gavrilo Princip assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.

Events prior to WWI order

Marshal Foch

French commander who accepted the armistice agreement from Germany

Wilhelm II

German emperor who was forced to renounce his throne at the end of the war

Arthur Zimmerman

German foreign secretary whose telegram to Mexico was intercepted by the United States

Essential items needed for the war effort were rationed.

How did the Great War affect life on the home front?

The Ottomans accused the Armenians of conspiring with British and Russian generals.

How did the Ottomans justify the Armenian genocide during WWI?

German soldiers from the Eastern Front were transferred to France.

How did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk change the course of the Great War?

The Ottoman Empire was carved up into many smaller regions.

How was the Ottoman Empire affected by its treaty with the Allied Powers?

British

Nationality: David Lloyd George

French

Nationality: Georges Clemenceau

Italian

Nationality: Vittorio Orlando

American

Nationality: Woodrow Wilson

Their armies were short of war material due to insufficient industrialization.

What describes the Russian military throughout WWI?

The four leaders agreed that Germany's ability to make war should be limited.

What describes the Treaty of Versailles negotiations?

1.The German navy resumed unrestricted submarine warfare, sometimes sinking U.S. ships. 2.Arthur Zimmermann offered to restore U.S. territory to Mexico in return for Mexican support. 3.The United States feared a disruption of trade with the Allies in the event of a German victory.

What reasons the United States declared war on the Central Powers in 1917?

Romania

Which country became independent from the Ottoman Empire?

Italy

Which country switched sides at the beginning of World War I accusing Germany of starting an unjust war?

Lithuania

Which country was created out of the dissolution of the Russian Empire?

Austrian annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Which event caused alarm among Serbian leaders virtually ensuring a conflict between Serbia and Austria- Hungary?

He wanted to politically isolate France

Which of the following explain Otto von Bismarck's purpose in forming the Triple Alliance?

Lisutania

Which passenger liner was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915, prompting U.S. President Wilson to protest attacks on citizens of neutral countries?

Russia moved troops close to German border

Why did Germany declare war on Russia in August 14?

The Allies had hoped to supply Russia by way of a southern sea route.

Why did the Allies attack the Ottomans on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915?

The Germans believed that Russia would take a long time to mobilize for war.

Why did the Germans believe that the Schlieffen Plan would allow them to avoid a two-front war?