WWI ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ Balkan Region. Answer: Slavic Region of intense nationalism and
imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off
powder keg of Europe.
▶ Central Powers. Answer: This was a major alliance at the 'center' of
Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire.
▶ Western Front. Answer: This was a major front in World War I. A line of
trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break
from Switzerland to the North Sea.
▶ Schlieffen Plan. Answer: This was Germany's military plan at the
outbreak of WWl to avoid a 2-front war. The plan called for an invasion of
France through neutral Belgium. A small force would be sent east to
Russia.
▶ Eastern Front. Answer: This was a front in WWI. The region of fighting
happened along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs
battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
▶ How did the overseas colonies contribute to the Allied victory in World
War I?. Answer: Colonies provided troops and labor.
▶ United States. Answer: This country entered the war in 1917. Its
entrance was the greatest factor in ending the stalemate and achieving
Allied victory.
▶ Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Answer: A policy that the Germans
announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink
any ship in the British waters. Resulted in entry of the US into World War I.
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
▶ Balkan Region. Answer: Slavic Region of intense nationalism and
imperial domination in mountains of south/eastern Europe - spark to set off
powder keg of Europe.
▶ Central Powers. Answer: This was a major alliance at the 'center' of
Europe during World War I, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire.
▶ Western Front. Answer: This was a major front in World War I. A line of
trenches and fortifications in World War I that stretched without a break
from Switzerland to the North Sea.
▶ Schlieffen Plan. Answer: This was Germany's military plan at the
outbreak of WWl to avoid a 2-front war. The plan called for an invasion of
France through neutral Belgium. A small force would be sent east to
Russia.
▶ Eastern Front. Answer: This was a front in WWI. The region of fighting
happened along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs
battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
▶ How did the overseas colonies contribute to the Allied victory in World
War I?. Answer: Colonies provided troops and labor.
▶ United States. Answer: This country entered the war in 1917. Its
entrance was the greatest factor in ending the stalemate and achieving
Allied victory.
▶ Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Answer: A policy that the Germans
announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink
any ship in the British waters. Resulted in entry of the US into World War I.
