Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Period: ______________
WWI STUDY GUIDE
Identifying people and ideas
1. Militarism:
14. Zimmermann Note:
2. Alliances:
15. Lusitania:
3. Imperialism:
16. Selective Service Act:
4. Nationalism:
17. War Industries Board:
5. Allied Powers:
18. Espionage Act:
6. Central Powers:
19. Sedition Act:
7. No Man’s Land:
20. Reparations:
8. Franz Ferdinand:
21. Armistice:
9. Gavrilo Princip:
22. Paris Peace Conference:
10. Stalemate:
23. The BIG FOUR:
11. Trench Warfare:
24. Fourteen Points:
12. U.S. Neutrality:
25. League of Nations:
13. Liberty Bonds:
26. Treaty of Versailles:
Timeline: For each event, write the following DATES and at least 2 words on the timeline.
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Battle of Ypres (1917)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand shot (6/28/1914)
Armistice signed – WWI ends (11/11/1918)
Austria declares war on Serbia – WWI begins (7/28/1914)
Battle of Verdun (1916)
1910
1915
1920
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German U-boat sinks the Lusitania (1915)
US enters WWI (1917)
Battle of Somme (1916)
U.S. published the Zimmermann Note (1917)
Paris Peace Conference (1918)
1925
Answer the following QUESTIONS using the timeline:
1. How many years ago did WWI begin? ___________ years
2. How long did WWI last? ________ years
3. How many years after WWI began did the US enter the war? __________ years
1930
1935
QUESTIONS:
- What are the Main causes of WWI?
- What caused Austria to declare war of Serbia?
- Prior to 1914, Austria-Hungary and Germany were in an alliance known as this.
- Prior to 1914, Russia, France, and Great Britain were in an alliance known as this.
- Word War I was ignited following the assassination of this Austria-Hungary prince in 1914 by a Serbian.
- Franz Ferdinand’s assassination led Austria-Hungary to declare war on this country.
- Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France, were drawn into World War I because they were obligated to defend
certain other nations by these.
- Why was the first few years of WWI in a Stalemate?
- This was the name of the German plan to immediately attack France before turning to face Russia.
- What the space between the enemy trenches on the Western Front was called.
- The use of this weapon made trench warfare and fighting in No Mans Land very deadly.
- Mustard and tear gas are examples of these weapons used during World War I
- What the area of fighting between Russia and Germany was known as.
- Name for German submarines used to destroy British merchant ships.
- What was the purpose of Liberty Bonds?
- Who had to pay Reparations at the end of WWI?
- When did the fighting actually end from WWI?
- What was the Paris Peace Conference?
- The 1915 sinking of this British passenger liner carrying U.S. citizens created great anger against the Germans in
the United States.
- The German’s offer to help Mexico if they attacked the United States was revealed in this telegram.
- Germany’s use of this kind of warfare on shipping led to the U.S. entering the war in 1917.
- Identify two reasons why the U.S. entered into the war.
- This agreement to end World War I was signed on November 11, 1918.
- Explain the purpose of Wilson’s Fourteen Points?
- This 1919 treaty imposed harsh sanctions on Germany following the war.
- What did President Wilson convince the Allied Powers to accept at the end of WWI?
- List FOUR punishments Germany had to agree to at the end of WWI.
- What were the results of the Treaty of Versailles?