Chapt 25: The Great War

Question 1

The Triple Entente

Answer 1

Allied Powers
-Great Britain: Lloyd George
-France: George Clemenceau
-Russia: Tsar Nicholas II

Question 2

This country’s goal was almost solely to gain territory

Answer 2

Italy

Question 3

The Triple Aliance

Answer 3

Central Powers
-Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm II
-Austria-Hungary: Franz Joseph I
Ottoman Empire: Mehmed V

Question 4

The moniker (nickname) that the Ottoman Empire gained

Answer 4

Old sick man of Europe

Question 5

Causes of WW1

Answer 5

-Nationalism
-Imperialism: Imperial Rivalries
-Militarism - Germany’s rise as a world power
-Entangling Alliances

Question 6

The event that sparked the war

Answer 6

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand AND his wife Sophia

Question 7

New technology to break the stalemate

Answer 7

-The Tank
-Chemical Weapons
-Flamethrower

Question 8

Greatest battle of attrition in history

Answer 8

Battle of Verdun

Question 9

One of the bloodiest and most futile battles of history

Answer 9

Battle of the Somme

Question 10

Reasons for American involvement

Answer 10

-Economic
-Unrestricted submarine warfare
-Anti-German propaganda

Question 11

USSR

Answer 11

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 12

Germany Signs the Armistice

Answer 12

November 11, 1918, at 11 a.m.

Question 13

The signing of the Armistice known to the Germans as

Answer 13

The stab in the back

Question 14

Hitler will refer to Jews, Communists, and Democrats as

Answer 14

The November criminals

Question 15

Ethnic groups should be able to decide for themselves what nation they belong to

Answer 15

Self-determination

Question 16

Point 14. General Association of Nations to guarantee the security of great and small nations alike

Answer 16

The Leage of Nations

Question 17

The Big Four

Answer 17

France: George Clemenceau
England: Lloyd George
Italy: Vittorio Orlando
America: Woddrow Wilson

Question 18

Peace terms and their result

Answer 18

1.) Germany was forced to give up 13% of its land to the Allies and all its colonies: Germany’s desire to reclaim lost lands
2.) Germany was forced to give up 80% of its Navy, Air Force, and reduce its army to 100,000: Germany’s desire to be strong and great again
3.) Germany had to accept a “demilitarized zone” in the Rhineland, which is next to its industrial heartland the Ruhr: Germany evokes its right to defend itself

Question 19

(2parts) This clause forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war (1). In doing so Germany was forced to pay (2)

Answer 19

1.) War guilt clause
2.) War damage reparations