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ATS-History 7
WWI Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Alliance System | Allied countries support each other in war Ex: When Germany invaded Belgium on its way to France, England entered the war to defend Belgium. |
| Define Militarism | Policy of building up one's armed forces & weapons to prepare for war |
| Define Isolationism | Having little or no interaction with foreign countries |
| ?? Define Nationalism | ?? People with a common language & culture who want to form their own countries This is what was done during WWI in an attempt to get their countries independence from other countries |
| Define Imperialism | Nations seek new materials & markets. Many compete for power in the same area |
| Define Reparations | Payments of $money$ and property from Germany to other countries |
| Define Blockade | An effort to cut off food, supplies, etc to the enemy (with a wall of ships during WWI) |
| Define Neutral | Not taking part in a war or giving aid to tose in war unless its equal |
| Define Assassination | murder of an important person, like a President or someone of royalty or leadership |
| Define Propaganda | communication aimed at changing peoples opinions to support a cause (ex. war posters like Uncle Sam saying "I want you" |
| Define Selective Service | The Draft This was a way for the government to ensure that they had enough soldiers |
| The immediate casuse of WWI was when what happened? | Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife (heir to Austria-Hungary's throne) were killed in Serbia by the terrorist group "The Black Hand" |
| Name 4 reasons why the U.S. would eventually get involved in WWI | 1) Political & economical ties to Great Britain 2)Inability to remain neutral 3) Zimmerman Telegram (1917) 4)Sinking of the Luistania (1915) and German u-boat warfare |
| How did the U.S. make a profit during WWI, as a neutral country? | Selling & trading food, weapons and other supplies to those at war |
| What were some of the ways that women helped the war effort while the boys were "over there" | -worked in factories replacing the men -rationed food at home -made Victory Gardens -nursing -volunteering |
| During WWI, Americans mostly fought where? -on the Western Front -on the Eastern Front -from the sea -from the air | Western Front |
| What allied country had to leave the war due to a revolution that killed the tsar and his family? | Russia (Russian Revolution) |
| What treaty was signed that ended the war with Germany on the Eastern Front? | Treaty of Brest-Litousk |
| What was the reaction to the Treaty of Brest-Litousk by the rest of the allies? | It made the allies feel like they had been abandoned & betrayed |
| What treaty ended WWI? | The Treaty of Versailles |
| The Western Front was full of these areas.They basically created a stalemate between the 2 sides. What were these areas? | trenches (Trench warfare) |
| Name a minimum of 4 Allies | 1) Great Britain (England) 2) Serbia 3) Russia 4) Belgium 5) France 6) Italy.....and soon the U.S. |
| Name 4 of the Central Powers | 1) Germany 20 Austria-Hungary 3) Otoman Empire (Turkey) 4) Bulgaria |
| Name 3 neutral countries at the start of WWI | U.S.A; Switzerland; Belgium |
| The Black Hand was a terrorist group from what country? | Serbia |
| The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife angered what country (enough for them to start a war)? | Austria-Hungary |
| What was the invention that the Germans were using to combat the powerful British navy? | The U-boat (these were underwater boats/submarines) |
| What were some of the problems that soldiers had to deal with in and around the trenches? | Rats, lice, disease, trench foot, dying in "no man's land" from wounds |
| What was the name of the famous oceanliner for vacations that was sunk? | Lusitania |
| Who sunk the Lusitiana? | Germany, with their U-boats/submarines |
| One of the most patriotic songs of the WWI era was written, & sung, by George Cohan. It was his attempt to get the soldiers excited about going to the war and feeling like it was the right thing to do. Name that song | "Over There" |
| What are Liberty Bonds? | This was created as a way for the government to get $money$ from the U.S. citizens to help pay for the war. |
| Who was elected president just as WWI was starting because his campaign promise was "to keep us out of war" | Woodrow Wilson |
| Name the war tactic that was believed to be an inhumane way of fighting because of unnecessary suffering | Gas warfare (ex. mustard gas) |
| Germany offered a diplomatic proposal to what country to join an alliance with them in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. | Mexico |
| Name some things that were done on the homefront to try to help the soldiers win | -collection of money like Liberty Bonds -more factory work -rationing of food, gas, cotton, etc -wheatless Mondays -meatless Tuesdays |
| Who was the country that the U.S. was connected to economically and politically? | Great Britain |
| What invention (created in the old Great plains) was found in the middle of "no man's land"? | barbed wire |
| What were the 14 points supposed to be? | President Wilson's peace plan for the world after WWI is over |
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