Week 15/16 (MOD) Mastery Check - World War I

Front

What countries made up the Central Powers?

Back

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire

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What countries were known as the Allied Powers during WWI?

Back

Britain, France, Russia, and the United States

Front

What is trench warfare?

Back

A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from ditches dug in the battlefield.

Front

The Zimmerman Note proposed an alliance between _____ and _____.

Back

Germany, Mexico

Front

What is an armistice?

Back

Agreement to stop fighting

Front

What are reparations, and which country was required to pay them?

Back

payment of war damages, Germany

Front

The policy of building up strong armed forces and weapons to prepare for war is known as

Back

Militarism

Front

What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?

Back

The Zimmerman Telegram

Front

What new weapon of WWI was feared because it burned lungs and blinded eyes if a soldier came into contact with it?

Back

poison gas

Front

How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles?

Back

They hated it because it treated them severely.