WW1 Study Guide
1. Which nation’s Heir to the throne was assassinated in 1914 by a Serbian nationalist? 13.1
2. Which nation was the first to declare war in what would come to be called the Great War? 13.1
3. Which country was considered the strongest nation in Europe by 1890? 13.1
4. The development of armed forces & their use as a tool of diplomacy is called what? 13.1
5. The belief that national interests should be placed ahead of global cooperation is? 13.1
6. The signing of treaties between various European countries, committed them to support one another if
they were attacked is called? 13.1
7. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in which country? 13.1
8. The Schlieffen Plan was put into operation when the German army first invaded which country? 13.2
9. The deadlocked region in northern France became known as: 13.2
10. Trench warfare was first started by which side? 13.2
11. The ground between two opposing trenches is called: 13.2
12. In 1914, the __________ introduced the Submarine as an effective warship 13.2
13. The Eastern Front was a stretch of battlefield along the ___________ border 13.2
14. The Russian army’s one major asset was its: 13.2
15. The United States entered the war when? 13.3
16. Who was Marshal Foch? 13.3
17. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended the war between which countries? 13.3
18. What were the Fourteen Points and who created them? 13.4
19. The only South American country to enter the war was: 13.3
20. The Armenian Massacre occurred when ______________ troops killed over 600, 000 Armenians: 13.1
21. In 1915 the Germans sank the British liner the ___________ killing 1,198 people: 13.3
22. When a country devotes all of their resources to the war effort, this is known as: 13.3
23. The compromise that was reached between the Allied powers & Germany was known as: 13.4
24. The Allied country that was left out of the Paris Peace conference was… 13.4
25. Who proposed the League of Nations? 13.4
26. The British intercepted a telegram from the German ambassador Arthur _____________ to Mexico,
which ultimately led to the U.S. entering the war. 13.3