Unit 13 and 14 World War I - Causes, Russia's involvement, the US enters the War, WW I map study

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

"The Big Four" was composed of the leaders that were in charge of designing the peace terms after WWI, which of the following was not in that group?

Wright Brothers invented the plane, France added weapons to planes and Germany improving the accuracy/efficiency of the armed planes.

Airplanes were used to survey and observe the enemy prior to World War I. During World War I which of the following is the best evolution of the advanced use of planes in direct fighting?

One side had no more materials to make guns and munitions.

Although the Allied forces claimed victory in World War I, historians have come to see the war as one of attrition. Why is this the case?

Alliance System

Before World War I countries developed alliances with each other to protect themselves from bigger threats

the Great Depression

Drought, overproduction of goods, and stock speculation were causes of what event?

The Mandate System allowed both France and England to oversee the newly independent regions from the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

How did the victorious Allies deal with the Ottoman Empire after 1919?

Imperialism

Idea of large powerful country controlling a smaller/weaker nation

Most of these areas were colonial states of an empire.

Many nations took democratic forms of government after World War I. What was the form of government of these new nations prior to the end of World War I?

Creation of a Jewish soveriegn state

Nationalism was a major cause of WWI, which of the following is not an example of nationalism from the WWI era?

Use of parody and satire to provide content.

Newspapers reported on the events of WWI with articles and photos of the battlegrounds. Some of the most memorable news clippings from WWI were neither of these things. They were political cartoons. What was the most significant appeal of political cartoons in shaping people's perspective of the war?

The empathetic and sympathetic responses to the Russian people by Czarina Alexandria.

Revolutions are usually a direct result of the people of a nation not having needs met and living in conditions that do not allow for any existence beyond mere survival, as such which of the following was not a cause for the Russian Revolution.

Nationalism

Strong feeling of support for one's country or state

The establishment of free trade, restored Belgium and League of Nations.

The Fourteen Points plan for peace had three distinctive sections, which of the following is the best example for each of those sections.

unrestricted sub warfare

The Germans threatened the safety and security of civilians with their use of __________ during WWI.

the town of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles took its name from what person, place or event?

free passage to the Dardanelles (a Turkish strait)

The Treaty of Versailles was considered a harsh peace, as Germany was subject to punitive measures for their part in the war. Which of the following was part of the peace accord but not punitive to the Germans?

Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire

The following nations asserted colonial powers within Europe, as well as worldwide. These nations established themselves as world powers by restraining the rights of other regions to self rule. The nations aligned and stood as one against the world with a rapid escalation of conflict due to their alliances.

Militarism

The idea of maintaining a strong or large military for a country

Total War

The idea of mobilizing an entire nation's resources for war

League of Nations

The many alliances that existed among the various European nations was a direct cause of the rapid escalation of the regional conflict becoming a global war. Which of the following organizations was not considered an alliance but was an organized group of united countries.

United Nations

The most accurate example of Wilson's 13th Point is what is _______________.

Belgium

This European country was invaded in order for Germany to attack France.

False France had over 3 million with England having less than a million troops.

True or False: From the start of World War I, England had more troops in battle than France.

True

True or False: General Pershing was the highest ranking officer from the US as leader of the AEF.

True

True or False: Germany was considered the most militarily prepared of all the European nations prior to World War I.

True

True or False: Historians assert that the harsh peace of World War I was a direct cause for World War II.

True

True or False: Roosevelt won his first term as president with promises of a more proactive federal approach to the economy.

True

True or False: The Electoral College is the method by which the US chooses the President of the United States.

True

True or False: The Russian Revolution of 1917 created the USSR.

False German naval attacked with submarines sinking commercial ships was a cause of the US' entry into WWI.

True or False: The United States was forced into WWI due to Austrian naval attacks to commercial vessels.

False Correct. It was Lloyd George.

True or False: The leader of Great Britain during World War I was Winston Churchill.

False Most U.S. citizens voted for Wilson since he promised to keep the U.S. out of World War I.

True or False: The majority of citizens in the United States wanted to enter the world war to prove their strength to the world, but Wilson chose to delay the U.S.'s entry as long as possible.

a period of short economic boom followed by a world wide depression

What was a long term result of World War I?

It was used to generate funds, resources and support for the war effort.

What was the purpose of propaganda, used by both sides, during World War I?

total war

When a nation uses the majority of its budget to make weapons and asks civilians to grow their own food so commercial stores can be sent to soldiers abroad, and creates a universal draft to build its forces, this is called-

Germany

Which nation was blamed for starting World War I and forced to pay reparations to the Allied Powers?

Militarism, Alliance System, Nationalism, and Imperialism

Which of the following led to World War I?

the machine gun

Which of the following led to trench warfare and high casualties in World War I?

Russia

Which of the following was not a part of the Central Powers?

the League of Nations

Wilson's Fourteen Points addressed the immediate need for resolution from WWI, but also provided a tool for continued peace with ____________.

the self determination of ethnic groups, free access to trade and negotiation

Wilson's Fourteen Points speech identified reasons for war. Which of the following best resolves those issues?

war planes

World War I introduced an innovative strategy to war known as trench warfare. This new approach had soldiers dig deep ditches and spend endless days and nights in those long trenches. Which of the following was not a cause for this new technique of fighting?

the Romanov family.

lavish wealth assassination related to Queen Victoria life threatening illness. The list above describes members of-


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