1. Germany’s use of the ____ changed the rules of NAVAL warfare. [U-boat: Submarines]
2. In the ____, Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico. [Zimmermann note]
3. The United States sold ____ to help it finance the war. [Liberty Bonds]
4. President Wilson’s program for peace came to be known as the ____. [Fourteen Points]
5. What the space between the enemy trenches on the Western Front was called [No Man’s Land]
6. President Wilson hoped that membership in the ____ would ensure security and peace for all members.
[League of Nations]
7. Britain wanted ____, payment for economic injuries suffered during the war. [Reparations]
8. The ____ was signed by the European powers, ending World War I. [Versailles Treaty]
9.
What are the Main causes of WWI? [Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism]
10. Define Militarism:
[Militarism is having a policy of aggressive military preparedness (being always ready to fight)]
11. Define Alliances:
[An alliance is a bond or connection between nations, groups, or individuals]
12. Define Imperialism:
[Imperialism is the seizure of a country or territory by another country
When one country takes over new lands or countries and makes them follow their rules. ]
13. Define Nationalism:
[Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to a nation of people. It is a sense of national identity exalting one nation
above all others.]
14. Which countries were among Allied Powers: [England, France, Russia, United States]
15. Which countries were among Central Powers: [Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary]
16. What was “No Man’s Land”? [The space between the enemy trenches on the Western Front]
17. What caused Austria to declare war of Serbia?
[Franz Ferdinand’s assassination led Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia]
18. The two great European alliances competed to control these possessions beyond Europe [COLONIES]
19. Word War I was ignited following the assassination of this Austria-Hungary prince in 1914 by a Serbian.
[FRANZ FERDINAND]
20. Franz Ferdinand’s assassination led Austria-Hungary to declare war on this country. [SERBIA]
21. Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France, were drawn into World War I because they were obligated to
defend certain other nations by these. [ALLIANCES]
22. This is what the battle areas of Belgium and France became known as. [WESTERN FRONT]
23. The 1914 German advance into France was stopped at this battle. [MARNE]
24. The French and German armies began digging these along the Western Front following the Battle of the Marne.
[TRENCHES]
25. What the space between the enemy trenches on the Western Front was called. [No Man’s Land]
26. What the area of fighting between Russia and Germany was known as. [EASTERN FRONT]
27. Wilson’s goal for the League of Nations was? [International security and stability]
28. The British failed on their attack of the Ottoman’s on this peninsula in 1915. [GALLIPOLI]
29. The British navy caused severe shortages in Germany by doing this to its ports. [BLOCKADE]
30. Name for German submarines used to destroy British merchant ships. This changed the rules of naval warfare
because it remained hidden and fired without warning. [U-BOATS]
31. The 1915 sinking of this British passenger liner carrying U.S. citizens created great anger against the Germans in
the United States. [LUSITANIA]
32. The German’s offer to help Mexico if they attacked the United States was revealed in this telegram.
[ZIMMERMAN]
33. Germany’s use of this kind of warfare on shipping led to the U.S. entering the war in 1917.
[UNRESTRICTED]
34. He was the President of the United States during World War I. [WILSON]
35. Identify two reasons why the U.S. entered into the war. [Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note]
36. This agreement to end World War I was signed on November 11, 1918. [ARMISTICE]
37. This 1919 treaty imposed harsh sanctions on Germany following the war. [VERSAILLES]
38. What did President Wilson convince the Allied Powers to accept at the end of WWI? [Accept his plan for the
League of Nations]
39. List FOUR punishments Germany had to agree to at the end of WWI. [Lost Land, Paid Reparations, Admitted the
War Guilt Clause, and Reduced Military]
40. What were the results of the Treaty of Versailles? [Germany felt bitterness towards the Allied Powers]
41. Why was the first few years of WWI in a Stalemate? [Trench Warfare caused a stalemate]
42. Describe the conditions of Trench Warfare?
43. What was the purpose of Liberty Bonds? [A war bond that was sold in the United States to support the allied
cause in World War]
44. What was the Zimmermann Note? [German’s offer to help Mexico if they attacked the United States was
revealed in this telegram]
45. Who had to pay Reparations at the end of WWI? [Germany]
46. When did the fighting actually end from WWI? [November 11th, 1918]
47. What was the Paris Peace Conference? [Was the meeting of the Allied victors, following the end of World War
I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers following the armistices of 1918.]
48. Explain the purpose of Wilson’s Fourteen Points? [Was a statement given on January 8, 1918 by United States
President Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for
postwar peace in Europe.]
49. What was the Treaty of Versailles? [Was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I]
50. This 1916 battle on the Western Front lasted nearly ten months and had about 700,000 casualties. [VERDUN]
51. 20,000 British soldiers were killed in one day during the 1916 battle in this river region. [SOMME]
52. This event in 1917 led Russia to make peace with Germany. [BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION]
53. The use of this weapon made trench warfare and fighting in No Mans Land very deadly. [MACHINE GUN]
54. Mustard and tear gas are examples of these weapons used during World War I. [CHEMICAL]