WWI LATEST EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026
▶ Mandate system. Answer: System by which Great Britain and France
were given control over lands of the former Ottoman Empire to help them
ultimately achieve independence. Included lands which eventually became
Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon.
▶ Battle of the Marne, 1914. Answer: Initial battle of the war that stopped
the German advance toward Paris. Taxi cabs brought additional troops to
battle.
▶ German invasion of Belgium. Answer: This event brought Britain into the
war.
▶ Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. Answer: Austria's response to the
assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand.
▶ Weapons used during WWI. Answer: machine gun, tank, airplane,
poison gas, long-range artillery
▶ machine gun. Answer: Weapon responsible for many of the deaths
during WWI; Led to the stalemate on the Western Front and the creation of
trenches.
▶ blockade. Answer: Britain's naval strategy to starve Germany of needed
supplies
▶ Italy. Answer: This country switched sides, abandoning their pre-war
alliance and joining the other side.
▶ Russia. Answer: This country dropped out of the war in 1917 to have a
communist revolution; Had a large, poorly trained army that ran short of
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026
▶ Mandate system. Answer: System by which Great Britain and France
were given control over lands of the former Ottoman Empire to help them
ultimately achieve independence. Included lands which eventually became
Iraq, Transjordan, Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon.
▶ Battle of the Marne, 1914. Answer: Initial battle of the war that stopped
the German advance toward Paris. Taxi cabs brought additional troops to
battle.
▶ German invasion of Belgium. Answer: This event brought Britain into the
war.
▶ Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. Answer: Austria's response to the
assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand.
▶ Weapons used during WWI. Answer: machine gun, tank, airplane,
poison gas, long-range artillery
▶ machine gun. Answer: Weapon responsible for many of the deaths
during WWI; Led to the stalemate on the Western Front and the creation of
trenches.
▶ blockade. Answer: Britain's naval strategy to starve Germany of needed
supplies
▶ Italy. Answer: This country switched sides, abandoning their pre-war
alliance and joining the other side.
▶ Russia. Answer: This country dropped out of the war in 1917 to have a
communist revolution; Had a large, poorly trained army that ran short of
