Lesson Quiz 7-1 World War I and Its Aftermath

The issue of Germany attacking civilian ships reached a crisis on May 7, 1915, when a submerged German submarine fired on the British passenger liner _____.

Lusitania

President Wilson declared the United States to be neutral concerning the war in Europe, but in general, American public opinion favored the _____ rather than the Central Powers.

Allies

The Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, and Slovenes all lived in a region in southeastern Europe called the _______?

Balkan

The Triple Entente included which countries?

Britain, France, and Russia.

According to the Zimmermann telegram, if Mexico allied with Germany, Germany would.....?

Help Mexico regain territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

One reason for the tension between the European powers was their intense pride in their homelands, called...?

Nationalism

By 1871 after launching a series of wars, the German kingdom of _____ had united various German states into one nation.

Prussia

The event that touched off the first declaration of war in WWI was...?

The assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.

German submarines that attacked ships bound for Britain were called ______?

U-boats