WW1

Question 0

Helmuth Von Moltke

Answer 0

1906-1914

Assumed leadership over Schlieffen Plan after Schlieffen died.

Question 1

Alfred Von Schlieffen

Answer 1

1891-1905
German military strategist
Devised the Schlieffen Plan

Question 2

Paul Von Hindenburg

Answer 2

1916-1919

German chief of army staff at end of war

Question 3

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer 3

1888-1918

German Kaiser

Question 4

Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre

Answer 4

1911-1916

French commander-in-chief

Question 5

Robert Nivelle

Answer 5

1916-1917

French

Question 6

Henri Phillipe Petain

Answer 6

1917-1918

French commander at end of war

Question 7

Sir John French

Answer 7

1911-1915

British commander-in-chief

Question 8

Sir Douglas Haig

Answer 8

1915-1921

Question 9

Herbert Henry Asquith

Answer 9

1908-1916

British prime minister

Question 10

David Lloyd George

Answer 10

1916-1922

British prime minister

Question 11

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 11

1901-1909

US prime minister

Question 12

Woodrow Wilson

Answer 12

1913-1921

US president

Question 13

Militarism

Answer 13

Political, diplomatic, social emphasis on military matters

ie. military spending, developing military technology

Question 14

Industrialization

Answer 14

Decrease imports by self-sustenance

Question 15

Alliances

Answer 15

Triple Alliance (Germany, A-H, Italy)
Entente Cordiale (Britain, France, Russia)

Question 16

Nationalism

Answer 16

Emotional attachment to a certain cultural/territorial group, desire for independence

Question 17

Imperialism

Answer 17

Set of actions/policies by which one national group dominates another national group and it’s territory

Question 18

Inciting Event

Answer 18

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie by Princip, member of Serbian Black Hand

Question 19

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 19

August 3, 1914

March through Belgium and hammer swing around Paris

Question 20

Marne

Answer 20

Sept 5-12

Caused troops on both sides to dig in and start war of attrition

Question 21

Total War

Answer 21

War in which entire nation is involved

Question 22

Social Characteristics of Total War

Answer 22

Involves civilians (fighting and home front) 
Recruiting women into male-dominant workplace

Question 23

Economical Characteristics of Total War

Answer 23

War economy
Rationing
Industry shifted from consumer to war goods

Question 24

Military Characteristics of Total War

Answer 24

Conscription Massive destruction High casualty rates Weapons of mass destruction

Question 25

Political Characteristics of Total War

Answer 25

Power is centralized (states becomes interventionist) | Propaganda used to encourage involvement in home front and reinforce nationalistic feelings

Question 26

Limited War

Answer 26

Weapons, territory, objectives to war are limited

Question 27

Blockade

Answer 27

Prevent country from receiving supplies | Britain blockaded Germany (Baltic Sea) -> starvation, "Turnip Winter"

Question 28

Dreadnought

Answer 28

Most heavily-armed ship powered by steam turbines | Made by British, lead to British naval victory

Question 29

U-Boat

Answer 29

Underwater submarines used by Germans in English Channel/Atlantic Ocean Sank many merchant/passenger British ships

Question 30

Torpedo

Answer 30

Carried on U-boats | Used to sink enemy ships

Question 31

Trench Warfare

Answer 31

Series if trenches along front lines Stretched across France and Belgium Lead to war of attrition

Question 32

Machine Gun

Answer 32

Automatic easy-use gun | Faster than rifles -> mass death

Question 33

Tank

Answer 33

Armoured vehicle with caterpillar tracks and machine guns | First used by British at Somme

Question 34

Creeping Barrage

Answer 34

Fire artillery directly in front of front line of infantry

Question 35

Dynamite

Answer 35

Planted below enemy trenches

Question 36

Balloon/Dirigible

Answer 36

Used to observe enemy movements

Question 37

Airplane

Answer 37

Armed with machine guns | Aerial dogfights