World War 1 World History Exam Questions
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Causes of World War I - Answer✔nationalism, imperialism, militarism, creation of alliances
(Central and Allied Powers); immediate cause: assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
(heir to Austrian throne) by a Serb on June 28, 1914
Countries of World War 1 - Answer✔France, Russia, Britain
Austria, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Answer✔treaty in which Russia lost substantial territory to the
Germans. This ended Russian participation in the war.
Central Powers - Answer✔Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire
Allies - Answer✔Great Britain, France, Russia
Eastern Front - Answer✔In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians
and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
Schlieffen Plan - Answer✔Attack plan by Germans, proposed by Schliffen, lightning quick attack
against France. Proposed to go through Belgium then attack France, Belgium resisted, other
countries took up their aid, long fight, used trench warfare.
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Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles - Answer✔1)stripped Germany of all military 2) Germany
had to repair war damages($33 billion) 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing WWI
4) Germany could not manufacture any weapons.
Belgium in WW1 - Answer✔was used as a back door for Germany after they conquered it but
German invasion caused Britain to join the war due to being an ally.
Wilhelm II - Answer✔was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of the First World War reigning
from 1888-1918. He pushed for a more aggressive foreign policy by means of colonies and a
strong navy to compete with Britain. His actions added to the growing tensions in pre-1914
Europe.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Answer✔Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in
1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I.
WW1 Strategies - Answer✔Tanks, poison gas, land mines to blow up trenches, advanced
artillery, trench warfare
weapon that caused stalemate - Answer✔machine gun
Why did the U.S. enter World War I? - Answer✔-Germany was attacking American ships
-Violating international law (Germany)
- The Zimmerman note
militarism - Answer✔policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
nationalism - Answer✔pride in one's country
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