Exam 1 - Events

Question 1

Zimmerman telegram
Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 1

January 16th, 1917
It was used for Europe’s recruitment
German secretary Arthur Zimmerman

Question 2

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 2

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gravilo Princip

June 28th 1914

To gain land

Question 3

Paris peace conference
Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 3

Who: Vittorio Orlando (Italy) Woodrow Wilson(US) Lloyd George (UK) and Georges Clemenceau (France)

January 1919

To establish the terms of the peace after the world war

Question 4

Treaty of Versailles

Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 4

The “Big Four”

June 1919

To hold Germany responsible for starting the war, and to decide the consequences Germany will have to face because of it

Question 5

Battle of the Somme

Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 5

The British and French army against the German Empire

July-November 1916

Intended to achieve a decisive victory against the Germans on the western front

Question 6

Russian revolution

Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 6

The people of Russia against Tsar Nicholas II. Led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin

March 1917 - June 1923

For the uprise of communism

Question 7

Battle of Vimy Ridge

Who?
When?
Why?

Answer 7

The four divisions of the Canadian corps against the German army

April 1917

For the Canadians to conquer the grounds of Vimy Ridge