Chapter 22 (WWI)

Question 1

Who developed the quantum theory of matter?

Answer 1

Max Planck

Question 2

Who is the “Father of Nuclear Science”?

Answer 2

Ernest Rutherford

Question 3

Who produced the planetary model of the atom?

Answer 3

Niels Bohr

Question 4

Who is known for the theories of relativity?

Answer 4

Albert Einstein

Question 5

Who is the best-remembered American agricultural scientist?

Answer 5

George Washington Carver

Question 6

Who theorised that diseases such as yellow fever came from mosquitoes?

Answer 6

Dr. Carlos Finlay

Question 7

Which two doctors proved Finlay’s theory?

Answer 7

Walter Reed and William Gorgas

Question 8

What was Henry Ford’s first affordable car?

Answer 8

Model T

Question 9

What was the process Henry Ford used to increase speed and cost of production?

Answer 9

assembly line

Question 10

Who is the German who invented the blimp/zeppelin?

Answer 10

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Question 11

What is the blimp/Zeppelin also called?

Answer 11

dirigible

Question 12

Who were known for the first successful aeroplane flights?

Answer 12

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Question 13

What was the first commercial broadcasting news station?

Answer 13

KDKA

Question 14

Which luxury British passenger liner, thought to be invincible, sank in the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 14

Titanic

Question 15

When did the Titanic sinketh?

Answer 15

April 15, 1912

Question 16

Under whose leadership was Germany under for most of WWII?

Answer 16

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 17

Whose assassination led to WWI’s beginning?

Answer 17

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Question 18

Where was Archduke Francis Ferdinand killed?

Answer 18

Sarajevo, Bosnia

Question 19

When did WWI begin?

Answer 19

July 28, 1914

Question 20

Who was in the Allied Powers?

Answer 20

England, France, and Russia (Italy joined later on)

Question 21

Which countries were in the Central Powers?

Answer 21

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (Italy later left)

Question 22

Who won the “Miracle on the Marne”?

Answer 22

France

Question 23

Which side was Germany and Austria-Hungary in?

Answer 23

Central Powers

Question 24

Which side was England, France and Russia on?

Answer 24

Allies

Question 25

What were the deep ditches used in battle for cover against enemy gunfire?

Answer 25

trenches

Question 26

What were the 600 mi. from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps called?

Answer 26

Western Front

Question 27

Which battle is Henri Pétain known for commanding?

Answer 27

the Battle of Verdun

Question 28

What was the nickname for the British soldiers?

Answer 28

tommies

Question 29

Who replaced Kaiser Wilhelm II and became the supreme commanders of all the Central Power forces?

Answer 29

Paul von Hindenburg and Erich von Ludendorff

Question 30

In what revolution did Russian soldiers force the czar to abdicate?

Answer 30

Russian Revolution

Question 31

Who replaced the Russian czar?

Answer 31

Vladimir Lenin

Question 32

What treaty withdrew Russia from WWI?

Answer 32

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 33

Who was the British colonel who led Arab revolts against Turkish rule in the Arabian Peninsula?

Answer 33

T.E. Lawrence

Question 34

What was the largest British offensive in the East?

Answer 34

Gallipoli Campaign

Question 35

Who planned the Gallipoli Campaign?

Answer 35

Winston Churchill

Question 36

Was the Gallipoli Campaign a success or fail?

Answer 36

failure✨

Question 37

What was Germany's new under the sea invention called?

Answer 37

U-boat (submarine)

Question 38

Which British luxury passenger liner was one of the first ships to be sunk by a U-boat?

Answer 38

Lusitania

Question 39

What was the most important naval battle of WWI?

Answer 39

Battle of Jutland

Question 40

What were the pilots who shot down 5+ planes called?

Answer 40

aces

Question 41

Who were the most famous WWI aces and where were they from?

Answer 41

Manfred von Richthofen (Germany) and Eddie Rickenbacker (American)

Question 42

What was Manfred von Richthofen's nickname and how many planes did he shoot down?

Answer 42

The "Red Baron"- 80 Allied planes

Question 43

How many planes did Eddie Rickenbacker shoot down?

Answer 43

26 Central Power planes

Question 44

What did the US intercept from Germany that proposed that Mexico would be given US territory should they invade us?

Answer 44

Zimmermann Note

Question 45

Who was president during WWI?

Answer 45

Woodrow Wilson

Question 46

In what year did the US Congress declare war on Germany?

Answer 46

1917

Question 47

What were WWI Germany's famous long-range guns called?

Answer 47

"Big Bertha"

Question 48

Who led the AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) in France during the last German offensive?

Answer 48

John J. ("Blackjack") Pershing

Question 49

What were the nicknames for the WWI American soldiers?

Answer 49

"doughboys"

Question 50

Who was the French Field Marshal who led the Allied armies into driving the Germans away in their last offensive?

Answer 50

Ferdinand Foch

Question 51

What government replaced Wilhelm Kaiser II?

Answer 51

Weimar Republic

Question 52

What day did WWI end?

Answer 52

November 11, 1918

Question 53

What is November 11 now recognised as (holiday)?

Answer 53

Armistice Day/Veterans Day

Question 54

What was Wilson's program for "world peace" called?

Answer 54

the Fourteen Points

Question 55

Which countries are the "Big Four"?

Answer 55

US, France, England, Italy

Question 56

What was the chief resultant of the WWI peace conference?

Answer 56

Treaty of Versailles

Question 57

What union was formed by the Big Four at Versailles?

Answer 57

League of Nations

Question 58

What was ironic about the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations?

Answer 58

Wilson was the one who proposed them, but the US was the only one who didn't sign and join the treaty/league