World History - WW1

Question 1

When did WW1 end?

Answer 1

November 11, 1918

Question 2

Who was blamed for WW1?

Answer 2

Germany

Question 3

How much did Germany pay?

Answer 3

$6,600,000,000

Question 4

What happened to Germany’s military?

Answer 4

Reduced to 100,000 men. German Navy reduced to 36 ships. No conscription allowed. No tanks, submarines, or aircraft to be built. All wartime weapons to be melted down.

Question 5

What happened to the colonies?

Answer 5

Allowed to govern themselves as independent nations.

Question 6

What is Rhineland?

Answer 6

An area that lies on the German side of the border with France.

Question 7

What happened to Rhineland?

Answer 7

Allies took control of the area, not allowing the German military to have a presence in the area.

Question 8

What is Alsace-Lorraine?

Answer 8

A part of France that was taken by Germany in 1817.

Question 9

What happened to Alsace-Lorraine?

Answer 9

Returned to France.

Question 10

What was Saar?

Answer 10

An area of Germany with great coal fields.

Question 11

What happened to Saar?

Answer 11

Given to France for 15 years, which they needed to rebuild coal mines after the war. People of Saar were able to vote whether they wanted to be French or German.

Question 12

What happened to Poland?

Answer 12

Became an independent nation.

Question 13

What was Danzig?

Answer 13

A city with both German and Polish people.

Question 14

What happened to Danzig?

Answer 14

Made a free city.

Question 15

What happened to Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia?

Answer 15

All became independent nations.

Question 16

What happened to Czechoslovakia?

Answer 16

Made an independent nation.

Question 17

What is an economic system?

Answer 17

A system of production and exchange of goods and services as well as allocation or resources in a society.

Question 18

What are three major economic systems during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 18

Capitalism, communism, and socialism.

Question 19

What is capitalism?

Answer 19

An economic system where people believe in individual ownership and competition.

Question 20

What is communism?

Answer 20

An economic system where people believe in group ownership and a planned economy (government makes decision).

Question 21

What is socialism?

Answer 21

Is the stage between capitalism and communism.

Question 22

What does MANIA stand for?

Answer 22

Militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and assassination.

Question 23

Identify militarism:

Answer 23

Imperialism and nationalism led to increased production of goods and economic stability in these countries which resulted in an arm race. The aggressive attitude of this policy drove them into producing more weaponry, such as strong navies and armored vehicles.

Question 24

Identify alliances:

Answer 24

The alliances of Europe were formed for protection against each other. However, the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance very quickly took aggressive postures towards each other.

Question 25

Identify nationalism:

Answer 25

Nationalism was both a unifying force and a divisive one. It resulted in Germany and Italy uniting into strong nations and also caused the disintegration of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Question 26

Identify imperialism:

Answer 26

European countries divided up Africa and Asia to strengthen the political and economic power of the mother country. This results in competition.

Question 27

Identify assassination:

Answer 27

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question 28

What were the causes of the Russian revolution?

Answer 28

Czar’s leadership was weak, revolutionary agitation challenges the government, widespread discontent found among all classes,

Question 29

What were the effects of the Russian revolution?

Answer 29

Provisional government is overthrown, Bolsheviks take over, Bolsheviks sign peace treaty with Germany and leave WW1, civil war begins in Russia between the Bolsheviks and the anti-Bolsheviks with the help of UK, US, and France.

Question 30

What color represented Bolsheviks?

Answer 30

Red

Question 31

What color represented anti-Bolsheviks?

Answer 31

White

Question 32

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 32

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

Question 33

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 33

Great Britain, France, and Russia

Question 34

What were the Balkans?

Answer 34

usually called the “powder keg of Europe”, a region of southeastern Europe now occupied by Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the European part of Turkey, and the former republics in Yugoslavia.