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World War I - History Alive Reading
Directions: read the passage from History Alive textbook PAGE 562- 569 and answer the
questions.
28.6 The Outbreak of World War I
1. Define NATIONALISM and MILITARISM (see definitions in the left hand column)
2. What were European countries competing for in the early 1900s?
3. Fill in the Blank. Germany built up its ________________ to challenge
_______________________ fleet.
4. What did Germany and Austria-Hungary secretly agree to do?
5. What happened on June 28, 1914?
6. What country defended Serbia? What country defended Austria-Hungary?
7. What countries made up the Central Powers? What countries made up the Allied
Powers?
8. What role did the United States play in the war in 1914?
28.7 A New Kind of Warfare
9. What is a trench?
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10. After reading the section called “Trench Warfare” pick three words to describe trench
warfare.
11. Name two new weapons used in this war.
12. Fill in the Blanks. The new technology and strategies were effective for
_______________________, but not for decisive ____________________.
13. What did Great Britain do to close German ports in the North Sea?
14. What were Germany submarines called?
15. True or False. Germany announced that it would sink vessels flying the flags of neutral
countries.
16. Describe what happened to the Lusitania in 2 sentences.
17. How money was traded between the United States and the Allies in 1914? Central
Powers?
18. Fill in the Bank. Americans were not fighting in the _________________, but they had
definitely taken__________________.
28.8 To Make the World “Safe for Democracy”
19. What happened on April 6, 1917?
20. How many years between the start of World War I and the US entering the war?
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21. How many men did the US have when they entered the war? What did the US do in
order to increase that number?
22. Fill in the Blank. _______________________ dropped out of the war.
23. Name two more weapons that were invented during the war.
24. What is an armistice?
25. How many people died in World War I? How many lives did the United States loose?
28.9 The Struggle for Peace
26. Who created the 14-point proposal?
27. What was the name of the organization created in “point 14”?
28. Fill in the Blank. They created a treaty that forced Germany to disband almost all of its
armed _______________, give up its _____________________, and surrender
_______________________ to Europe.
29. What are reparations? How much did Germany have to pay?
30. True or False. President Wilson was happy with the harsh treatment of Germany.
31. What percent of the US Senate was needed to ratify the peace treaty?
32. True or False. On March 1920, the US Senate accepted the Treaty of Versailles.