Mrs. Paulus
GHP World Studies
WWI Study Guide
Format: Multiple Choice
True/False
Reading (paragraph) with 3 open ended questions
1 of 3 short answer
Key Terms/Ideas/People
 Imperialism
 Bosnia
 Serbia
 Archduke Ferdinand
 Schlieffen Plan
 Balkan region “powder keg”
 Trench Warfare
 Total War
 Propaganda
 Home Front
 Unrestricted Submarine warfare
 First Battle of the Marne
 Second Battle of the Marne
 Battle of Verdun
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Battle of the Somme
Soviets
Bolshevik
Menshevik
Lenin
Rasputin
Tsar Nicholas II
Provisional Government
Whites vs Reds
Mandate
Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Main Ideas:
1. What are the MAIN causes of WWI
2. How did the Assassination of the Archduke lead to war?
 What are the steps leading to war (who declared war on whom
etc….)
3. What is Russian position in the Balkan region?
4. What was the general point of view of the citizens of Europe when war
breaks out in 1914?
5. How did governments control their nations and people during the war?
6. What were the new weapons of the war and how did they change
warfare?
7. Why and when did the U.S. enter the war?
8. How/why did the war spread to the colonies and to nations outside of
Europe?
9. What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?
10. Know the events of both the March and November Revolutions
11. Who was fighting in the Russian Civil War and who won?
12. How did WWI end? (Last offensive and months of the war)
13. Know the different views of the key countries in entering the Paris Peace
Conference
14. What were the key provisions/details of the Treaty of Versailles? What
was positive and negative about the Treaty?
15. Know the details of the other peace agreements