World Geography Chapter 27 Quiz

Question 1

What ship did the German’s sink related to America?

Answer 1

Lusitania

Question 2

What were the causes of world war 1?

Answer 2

MANIA- Militarism
Alliances
Nationalism
Imperialism
Assassination

Question 3

What does Militarism mean?

Answer 3

Policy of building up and glorifying a strong military in preparation for war

Question 4

What does alliances mean?

Answer 4

Pledges to defend each other if conflict arose

Question 5

What does nationalism mean?

Answer 5

Extreme pride in one’s country

Question 6

What does imperialism mean?

Answer 6

When one country takes over another country both economically, militarily, culturally or politically

Question 7

What does Assassination mean?

Answer 7

Murder of a political leader

Question 8

What does conscription mean?

Answer 8

Required military service; all must sign up for “the draft”

Question 9

What does propaganda mean?

Answer 9

Spreading of ideas that promote a cause or damage on opponent

Question 10

What does stalemate mean?

Answer 10

Neither side was able to defeat the other

Question 11

What does war fatigue mean?

Answer 11

Tired of results from fighting: Casualties; Shortages; and failure to win promised victories

Question 12

What were the Pre WWI Alliances?

Answer 12

Triple Alliance and Triple Entente

Question 13

Who was on the Triple Alliance?

Answer 13

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Question 14

Who was on Triple Entente?

Answer 14

Great Britain, France, Russia

Question 15

What were the alliances after WWI began?

Answer 15

Central Powers, Allied Powers

Question 16

Who was on Central Powers?

Answer 16

Germany , Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Question 17

Who was on Allied Powers?

Answer 17

Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy

Question 18

What were the new weapons of World War 1?

Answer 18

Rapid-fire Machine guns; Long Range Artillery; Poison gas; Tanks; Aircraft; Zeppelins; Submarines

Question 19

What could Rapid-fire Machine guns do?

Answer 19

Mow down wave after wave of soldiers

Question 20

What could Long Range Artillery do?

Answer 20

Could kill from 10 miles away; Shrapnel killed and wounded even those not directly hit- flying debris

Question 21

What could Poison Gas do?

Answer 21

Blinded or choked victims; Caused sores and burns; Shifting winds make it dangerous for both sides

Question 22

What could tanks do?

Answer 22

Mounted with machine guns; Designed to safely move across “no man’s land”

Question 23

What could aircrafts do?

Answer 23

Airplanes; Pilots known as “aces” had “dogfights” over battle fields

Question 24

What could Zeppelins do?

Answer 24

Large, gas filled balloons; Used by Germans to bomb English coast

Question 25

What could submarines do?

Answer 25

Did huge damage to British merchant ship; forced ships to travel in convoys

Question 26

What were submarines called?

Answer 26

Unterseeboot or U-boats

Question 27

What was the Schlieffen Plan designed to do?

Answer 27

To avoid a 2 front war

Question 28

What was the idea of the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 28

To move quickly against France before Russia could mobilize

Question 29

Why did the Schlieffen Plan fail?

Answer 29

Russia mobilized for war faster than Germany thought; British and French troops pushed German's back

Question 30

What were some points made by the Fourteen Points?

Answer 30

Freedom of the seas; Free trade; No secret alliances

Question 31

What was the most Important of the Fourteen Points?

Answer 31

League of Nations

Question 32

Why were the 14 points created?

Answer 32

US Pres. Woodrow Wilson's list of terms to resolve WWI and future conflicts

Question 33

Why did the United States declare War on Germany?

Answer 33

Cultural Ties; Germany broke promises; The Zimmerman Note

Question 34

Explain Cultural Ties.

Answer 34

Same Language as Britain; share democracy with France

Question 35

Explain Germany broke promises

Answer 35

Begins unrestricted U-boat warfare in Feb 1917

Question 36

Explain the Zimmerman note.

Answer 36

German proposal to Mexico that if they fought against US, Germany would help them reclaim lost territory

Question 37

What did France want at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 37

Wanted to weaken Germany so it could never again Invade France

Question 38

What did Great Britain want at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 38

Wanted Germany to pay heavy reparations

Question 39

What did Italy want at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 39

Wanted territorial gains promised to Italy

Question 40

What did the USA want at the Paris Peace Conference?

Answer 40

Wanted 14 points, especially League of Nations