WW1

Question 1

What was the Triple Alliance?

Answer 1

A prewar alliance that united Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

The alliance was formed to counterbalance the influence of France and Russia.

Question 2

What was the Triple Entente?

Answer 2

A prewar alliance between Russia, France, and Britain

This alliance was established to promote mutual defense against potential aggression from the Central Powers.

Question 3

What are the Central Powers?

Answer 3

Term for the war alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in WW1

This alliance opposed the Allied Powers during the war.

Question 4

What are the Allied Powers?

Answer 4

Term for the alliance of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia in WW1

These nations fought against the Central Powers.

Question 5

Define Imperialism.

Answer 5

When a larger more powerful nation takes over a smaller, weaker nation through social, political, or economic means.

Question 6

Define Nationalism.

Answer 6

Pride and Loyalty to one’s nation.

Question 7

Who was Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 7

Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination led to WW1.

Question 8

Who was Gavrilo Princip?

Answer 8

Young Serbian who assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.

Question 9

What is Sarajevo known for?

Answer 9

City in Bosnia, site of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Question 10

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

Answer 10

A German military plan for first attacking France before attacking Russia to avoid a two-fronted war.

Question 11

What does it mean to be Neutral?

Answer 11

Taking no side in a conflict.

Question 12

Define Trench Warfare.

Answer 12

War fought from dug out fortified ditches.

Question 13

What was the Western Front?

Answer 13

Series of trenches dug by both the Allied Powers and Central Powers in northern France, resulting in a deadlock.

Question 14

Define Propaganda.

Answer 14

Information designed to influence people’s opinions.

Question 15

What is Total War?

Answer 15

War that requires use of all of society’s resources.

Question 16

What was the Battle of Gallipoli?

Answer 16

Allied effort to destroy the Central Powers’ guns and forts that lined the Dardanelles.

Question 17

Define Genocide.

Answer 17

The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

Question 18

What are U-Boats?

Answer 18

German submarines that threatened ships in the waters around Great Britain.

Question 19

What was the Zimmerman Note?

Answer 19

German diplomat’s secret message to Mexico urging an attack on the United States.

Question 20

What does Armistice mean?

Answer 20

Truce.

Question 21

What were the Fourteen Points?

Answer 21

Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace, proposed in 1918.

Question 22

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 22

Treaty that ended World War I and punished Germany severely.

Question 23

What is the League of Nations?

Answer 23

Organization of nations created with the hope of ending future wars.

Question 24

What was the Balfour Declaration?

Answer 24

Statement issued by Britain in 1917 favoring the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Question 25

What was the Black Hand?

Answer 25

Secret/terrorist organization formed in 1911 to promote the cause of a greater Serbia.

Question 26

What does 'Bleed France White' refer to?

Answer 26

The aim of the Battle of Verdun to kill as many Frenchmen as possible to force surrender.

Question 27

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

Answer 27

United States President during WW1.

Question 28

Who was George Clemenceau?

Answer 28

French Prime Minister during WW1.

Question 29

Who was David Lloyd George?

Answer 29

British Prime Minister from 1916-21.

Question 30

Who was Vittorio Orlando?

Answer 30

Prime Minister of Italy from 1917-1919.

Question 31

Who was Nicholas II?

Answer 31

Last Emperor of Russia, overthrown in the Russian Revolution.

Question 32

What were the 1st and 2nd Battles of Marne?

Answer 32

Fought in September 1914 and 1918, marked the failure of the Schlieffen Plan and ended in Allied victory.

Question 33

What was the Battle of Verdun?

Answer 33

Deadliest battle of the war in 1916, ended without a clear victor despite high casualties.

Question 34

What was the Influenza of 1918?

Answer 34

A virus outbreak in 1918 that killed more people than were lost during the war.

Question 35

Define Reparations.

Answer 35

Payments and transfers of property and equipment that Germany was forced to make under the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 36

What is 'No Man’s Land'?

Answer 36

The barren territory that lay between the opposing Allied and German trenches on the Western Front.

Question 37

What is the War Guilt Clause?

Answer 37

Part of the Treaty of Versailles forcing Germany to accept blame for WW1.

Question 38

What was the Lusitania?

Answer 38

British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.

Question 39

What does 'Over the Top' refer to?

Answer 39

The act of climbing out of a trench and going forward into battle.

Question 40

What does Stalemate mean?

Answer 40

Term used to describe the deadlock on the Western Front during WW1.

Question 41

Define Self Determination.

Answer 41

National groups in Europe should, wherever possible, be given their independence.

Question 42

Who were The Big Four?

Answer 42

The four most influential people in drafting the Treaty of Versailles: Wilson, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando.