WWI

Question 0

When and where did Prinap kill Ferdinad and his wife?

Answer 0

June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo

Question 1

Cause of World War I?

Answer 1

June 1914 - Serbian nationalist that hated Austria, Gabriel Prinap killed Austrian arch duke Franz Ferdinad and his wife.

Question 2

Who did Austria get a pledge of help from?

Answer 2

Germany

Question 3

Who did Austria claim war on?

Answer 3

Serbia

Question 4

Who did the Russians give aid to?

Answer 4

Serbia (Slavs)

Question 5

How did Germany invade France?

Answer 5

Through the neutral nation of Belgium

Question 6

Did Germany accept Britain’s ultimatum on war?

Answer 6

No

Germany had to withdraw from Belgium or else war. Germany refused and England and Germany declare war on each other

Question 7

What other nations joined the war?

Answer 7

Central powers joined by:
Turkey in 1914 and Bulgaria in 1915

Allied powers joined by:
Japan because it wanted German colonies

Italy switched sides

Question 8

Why did the USA declare war on Germany?

Answer 8

Submarine warfare

Question 9

What is nationalism?

Answer 9

A desire to unite all people under a single government

Question 10

What did France want to recover?

Answer 10

Alsace-Lorraine

Question 11

What did Serbia want?

Answer 11

Austrian territory inhabited by Yugoslavs

Question 12

What country dd France and Germany fight over?

Answer 12

Morocco

Question 13

What did Russia and Austria fight over?

Answer 13

Colonies in Africa

Question 14

What is militarism?

Answer 14

Believed problems could be solved by armed strength

Question 15

What was Germany’s tradition?

Answer 15

Blood and iron

Question 16

Who encouraged the production of military equipment in France and Germany?

Answer 16

Krupp for Germany and Schneider in France

Question 17

Who had the largest naval power at this time?

Answer 17

England - Germany saw them as a threat

Question 18

What was The Hague court of arbitration?

Answer 18

It could not force nations to accept its rulings

Question 19

What was the armaments race?

Answer 19

Standing armies increased in size and were equipped with new destructive weapons

Question 20

Who was in the triple alliance?

Answer 20

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 21

When did the Germans surrender?

Answer 21

November 11, 1918 of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

Question 22

What was President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

Answer 22

The most important one #14: the League of Nations

Question 23

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 23

Germany gave Alsace-Lorraine to France, Saar Valley to League of Nations, Danzig is placed under League of Nations as a free city

Question 24

Who were the big four?

Answer 24

David Lloyd George: England
George’s Clemenceau: France
Vittorio Orlando: Italy
Woodrow Wilson: USA

Question 25

What were some disarming of Germany?

Answer 25

Army limited to 100,000 volunteers, corruption forbidden (the draft), Rhineland demilitarized, navy had few ships and submarines, military and factories were prohibited

Question 26

Bosnia, Gabriel and the Black Hand are all associated with what?

Answer 26

Assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Question 27

Why did a stalemate develop on the western front?

Answer 27

Neither side could decisively defeat the other

Question 28

What two European nations were involved in naval rivalry?

Answer 28

Germany and Britain

Question 29

When did Austria declare war on Serbia?

Answer 29

1914

Question 30

Technology developed during WWI resulted in what?

Answer 30

Increased military casualties in battles fought during the war