world war 1

Question 1

The great war

Question 2

Nationalism

Answer 2

A feeling of intense loyalty to a country or group

Question 3

Militarism

Answer 3

Celebration of military ideals, and a rapid buildup of military power

Question 4

Alliance system

Answer 4

A system in which countries agreed to defend each other

Question 5

Balance of Power

Answer 5

Inequality of power among different countries that discourages any group from acting aggressively

Question 6

Triple alliance countries (the main ones)

Answer 6

The triple alliance countries were Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy

Question 7

Triple Entente Countries (the main ones)

Answer 7

Great Britain, France, and Russia

Question 8

Stalemate

Answer 8

A situation in a conflict in which neither side can make progress against the other.

Question 9

U-boats

Answer 9

A German submarine

Question 10

Neutrality

Answer 10

President Wilson Wilson had long said that the United States should be neutral in the war in Europe. Most American supported this view. They did not think that the war concerned them. This view expressed in an editorial in a New York newspaper, spoke for many: “There’s nothing reasonable in such a war… And it would be foolish for this country to sacrifice itself, to….A clash of ancient hatred, which is urging the old world to deconstruction.

Question 11

Propaganda

Answer 11

Information used to influence opinion

Question 12

Sinking of the Lusitania

Answer 12

To stop American aid to Britain, Germany said in February 1915, that it would sink any vessels that entered or left British ports. President Wilson warned that the United States would hold Germany responsible for any American lives, lost and submarine attacks. The Germans ignored Wilson’s threat. On May 7, 1915 a German U-boat torpedo the British passenger liner called the Lusitania near the coast of Ireland. More than 1000 people died when the Lusitania sank among the dead were 128 Americans.

Question 13

Freedom of the seas

Question 14

The sussex Pledge

Question 15

Zimmerman Telegram

Answer 15

In 1917, British agents intercepted a secret telegram sent by German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann. The telegram was bound for Mexico. It offered a German alliance with Mexico against the United States. In the event the Americans entered the war. The Zimmermann note, anger, Americans, and set off a new wave of anti-German feeling in the United States .

Question 16

Trench Warfare

Question 17

Rationing

Answer 17

A limited use

Question 18

Reparations

Answer 18

Payments for damages caused during a war

Question 19

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 19

The allies and Germany signed the treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Under its harsh terms, Germany had to accept full responsibility for the conflict. It had to pay the allies billions of dollars. It had to disarm completely, and give up it’s overseas colonies and some territory in Europe. The treaty also carved up the Austro Hungarian and Russian empires. It created some new nations and restored old ones. Border disputes, however, would lead to future complex.

Question 20

League of Nations

Answer 20

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.

Despite formulating the concept and signing the covenant, the United States never joined the league of Nations 

Question 21

name and define each of the four “M.A.I.N.” long term caues of WWI - explain each one

Question 22

what was the immediate cause or spark that began world war I explain?

Answer 22

On June 28, 1914, the people of Saro Bosnia crowded the streets. Ark Duke, Franz Ferdinand next in line to the throne of the Astro. Hungarian Empire was in town for a visit. As he and his wife rolled along and they open car, a gunman attacked. But the archduke and his wife were killedassassination did more than take the lives of the royal couple and upset a delicate, bounce them on the powers of Europe. Within weeks these powers were at war.

Question 23

What were the two rival aliances that were made before the war began? Which nations belonged in each alliance?

Question 24

Name five new types of weapons used in World War I? How were they different from weapons used in the past wars?

Answer 24

Five new types of weapons used in World War I were
improved artillery fired larger shells at greater distances.

Better rifles, (machine guns) enabled soldiers to hit targets with greater accuracy.

The Germans first used poison gas against Allied troops in April 1915

the armored tank was introduced

and the airplane.

Submarines

The introduction of these weapons produced terrific casualty rates

Question 25

What is trench warfare? Explain it. Why was this significant to the development of World War I?

Answer 25

For the next three years, opposing forces faced off from a network of trenches, which both armies dug in along the front lines. These trenches, sheltered soldiers from bullets and artillery shells. In between was a “no man’s land“ of shell, craters, and barbed wire, which neither side controlled. The war became a stalemate in which neither side could make progress against the other. To break the standstill, both sides launched major offensives in 1916. The Germans launched the battle of Verden in north eastern France in February Verden was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war. At its end in December 1916 more than 750,000 French and German soldiers were dead. the allies launched their own offensive in July, the battle of somme which also produced horrifying casualties, and the allies gained only 7 miles.

Question 26

What position did the United States take when World War I began?

Answer 26

A position of neutrality. Most Americans supported this view they did not think that the war concerned them.

Question 27

How did the United States economically benefit from World War I before it entered the war?

Answer 27

As a neutral nation, the United States sought trade with both sides in the war. Both sides needed goods of all kinds, and American businesses were happy to provide them. However, Britain’s blockade made trade with Germany difficult.

Question 28

What were the two main causes of US involvement in World War I? Explain how each caused pushed America towards war.

Answer 28

The German U-boat torpedo sinking of the Lusitania where 128 American citizens were killed. A German boat attack on the unarmed French passenger ship Sussexx where there were several Americans suffering injuries. The final straw was that in January 1917 Germany again, changed course and in its use of submarine warfare. It announced it would sink on site all merchant vessel sailing to Allied ports, regardless of whether or not they were armed. Also the Zimmerman telegram offered German alliance with Mexico against the United States in the event the Americans entered the war. All of these things, contributed to the United States, inability to remain neutral.

Question 29

Name and explain three ways that Americans helped support the war effort? Explain.

Question 30

What was President Wilson’s plan for Peace? What were the main goals of the plan?

Question 31

How did most Americans feel about President Wilson’s plan for peace? Why? Explain.

Question 32

Name and explain three ways that women help support the war effort?

Answer 32

At the time of the First World War, most women were barred from voting or serving in military combat roles. Many saw the war as an opportunity to not only serve their countries but to gain more rights and independence. With millions of men away from home, women filled manufacturing and agricultural positions on the home front. Others provided support on the front lines as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, translators and, in rare cases, on the battlefield.

Question 33

What two agencies did the US government create to help organize the war effort? Explain how each one helped, and give examples.

Answer 33

The food administration encouraged farmers to raise more and the public to eat less. It encouraged voluntary rationing, or limiting. These efforts were successful. Americans consumed less and produced and exported more of the many key goods. The committee on public information. The committee worked to promote the war as a battle for democracy and freedom. It’s sent out millions of pamphlets, posters, articles and books with the pro war message. It fed government accounts of the war to newspapers. The committee hired speakers, writers, artist, and actors to build support for the war.

Question 34

Name and identify the big 4 Leaders at the end of World War I and their nation?

Answer 34

Wilson of the United States, David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France and, to a lesser extent, Vittorio Orlando of Italy

Question 35

What was the name of of the treaty that ended World War I? Explain what that treaty did or said?

Answer 35

The allies and Germany signed the tree of Versailles on June 28, 1919. Under its harsh terms, Germany had to accept full responsibility for the conflict. It had to pay the allies billions of dollars. It had to disarm completely, and give up it’s overseas colonies and some territory in Europe. The treaty also carved up the Astro Hungarian and Russian empires. It created some new nations and restored old ones. Border disputes, however, would lead to future conflicts , the league of nations was also included in the treaty Wilson believe that the league would correct any mistakes in the rest of the treaty.

Question 36

What, what month, day and time did World War I end?

Answer 36

11 AM on November 11, 1918