Unit 1

Question 1

Mobilise

Answer 1

Prepare and organise troops for active service.

Question 2

Kaiser

Answer 2

The name that Wilhelm I gave himself, meaning Emperor.

Question 3

Great powers

Answer 3

Countries that have international influence and military strength.

Question 4

Empire

Answer 4

An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch or government.

Question 5

Colony

Answer 5

Land settled by and under the control of people from another country.

Question 6

Merchant ships

Answer 6

Ships carrying goods and materials. Not part of a state’s navy.

Question 7

The Balkans

Answer 7

An area in South East Europe that includes Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kosova, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey etc.

Question 8

Patriotism

Answer 8

Love for your own country.

Question 9

Arms race

Answer 9

A competition between countries for the development and production of weapons.

Question 10

Alliance

Answer 10

An agreement between countries that benefits each of them.

Question 11

Encirclement
+ Example

Answer 11

Being surrounded (like the triple alliance was by the triple entente)

Question 12

Annex

Answer 12

Seizing an area of land and making it part of your country.

Question 13

28 June 1914

Answer 13

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohemberg, were assassinated in Sarejevo.

Question 14

23 July 1914

Answer 14

The Austro-Hungarians drafted an ultimatum to Serbia because attacking without warning would make Serbia look like the victim.

Question 15

29 July 1914

Answer 15

Britain called for international mediation to resolve the worsening crisis. Russia ordered the full mobilisation of its army.

Question 16

1st August 1914

Answer 16

The Germans declared war on Russia following Russia’s full military mobilization in support of Serbia. Germany then started to mobilize.

Question 17

3 August 1914

Answer 17

Germany declares war on France and invades Belgium, forcing Britain to send an ultimatum that is rejected by the Germans, because of the Treaty of London.

Question 18

4 August 1914

Answer 18

Britain declares war on Germany. This is binding in all of the British Empire - Canada, Australia, India, and South Africa.
The United States declares its neutrality.

Question 19

Kaiser Wilhelm I

Answer 19

King of Prussia from 1861 then first Emperor of Germany from 1871 til his death in 1888. He was the Grandson of Queen Victoria.

Question 20

Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen

Answer 20

He developed a plan of attack (Schlieffen Plan) that the German armies used at the outbreak of WWI.

Question 21

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer 21

The last German monarch. He was deposed during the German revolution after WWI. Mostly due to him losing the war and demonisation by Allied propaganda.

Question 22

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 22

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire’s throne. His death in Sarejevo Bosnia was the spark of WWI.

Question 23

The Black Hand

Answer 23

The terrorist organisation, funded by Serbia, whose main objective was to assassinate Austro-Hungarian officials.

Question 24

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 24

The 19 year old member of the Black Hand gang that shot and murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife Sophie and their unborn child.

Question 25

Prince Leopold, a German, was offered the throne of which country?

Answer 25

Spain

Question 26

What was the key battle of the Franco Prussian war?

Answer 26

The Battle of Sudan (Prussia won)

Question 27

How much did France have to pay for losing the war?

Answer 27

5 billion francs over 5 years

Question 28

What was Alsace Lorraine?

Answer 28

A French region given to Germany after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian war.

Question 29

What were the 4 reasons why Britain needed to change their navy?

Answer 29

• out of date ships in the British navy
• Russio-Japanese war proved that you needed modern, big and fast ships to win
• Germany began to build a modern navy
• Wilhelm II was influenced by a US book on the importance of navys.