The Great War

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Also known as the Triple Alliance; Germany, Austria-Hungary & Italy

• Entente

• Alliance

• Allies

• Central Powers

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The Triple Entente was made up of

• Britain, France, and Russia

• Britain, France, and Germany

• Britain, Germany, and Russia

• Britain, Germany, and Morocco

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9)  WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:

• Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
• Serbia burned their flag.
• Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
• Serbia won more Olympic medals.

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Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin?

• Gavrilo Princip

• Woodrow Wilson

• Adolf Hitler

• Nedeljko Čabrinović

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What country was to blame for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

• Germany

• France

• Austria-Hungary

• Serbia

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What is the problem shown that troops suffered from?

• Gangrene
• Cold feet
• Trench foot
• Elephantiasis 

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What was No Man's Land?

• The area behind the trenches

• The homefront

• The area in between the trenches

• The Trenches

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What is a trench?

• A border around the garden
• A ditch dug by soldiers to shelter them from enemy bullets
• The name for the officers billets
• A platform providing a secret lookout for soldiers

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Why did trench warfare develop during WWI?

• New weapons were created, and people need to protect themselves.

• Soldiers wanted to camouflage themselves with the ground.

• So that people could attack the tanks without being seen.

• Soldiers needed a place to sleep during the war.

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Classifying the western front during WWI as a "war of attrition" means that:

• it was based on large, highly structured military formations from both sides facing each other head on

• it was based on a deadlock where neither side can progress.

• it was based on movement and consisted of a pattern or action and reaction where both sides advance at the same time.

• it was based around which side could survive the longest and which side would give in.

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Trench warfare resulted in a stalemate. In a stalemate....

• neither side is winning

• both sides are losing

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Which new technology would not have been used in trench warfare?

• Tanks
• Poison gas
• U-boats
• Machine guns

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What were the dangers of using Chemical Warfare?

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What technological advance allowed some progress in advancing ground into enemy territory?

• trench blocks

• anti-aircraft artillery

• automatic machine guns

• tanks

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What technology was created to limit the effects of chemical weapons?

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Which policy means to remain apart from the affairs or interests of other groups or conflicts?

• Militarism

• Alliance

• Isolationism

• Nationalism

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Which of the following BEST describes Americans' attitudes on entering WWI when fighting first started in Europe?

• Most Americans wanted to get involved in the war.

• Most Americans wanted to punish Germany.

• Most Americans wanted to protest the president for entering the war.

• Most Americans wanted to stay out of the war.

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What type of fighting used submarines to sink any ship that entered enemy waters?

• Lusitania
• unrestricted submarine warfare
• Uboat
• force

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What was a U-boat?

• A boat shaped like a U

• A small speedboat

• A German Submarine

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The sinking of the Lusitania outraged many countries and turned public opinion in the U.S. against Germany

• True

• False

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Promise made by Germany to U.S. before the U.S entered the war; attempt to appease U.S.

Germany pledge that they

would not attack passenger ships and would allow the crew

of merchant ships carrying war materials to exit their vessels before they would be sunk

• Sussex Pledge

• Lusitania

• Espionage Act

• Teller Amendment

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The Zimmerman Telegram

• Officially announced the entry of the USA into WWI
• Was a message sent by the British requesting help from the USA
• Asked Mexico to attack the USA in return for land
• Warned passengers of the Lusitania that the ship would be sunk

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Who did Germany send the Zimmerman telegram to?

• France
• Mexico
• Great Britain
• Canada

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In 1917, why did the United States finally intervene in WWI? Check all that apply.

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Zimmerman Telegram,

• USS Maine

• Unrestricted submarine warfare,

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a law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military

• Draft
• Selective Service Act   
• Stalemate

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Now that woman can serve in active combat in the military, should women have to be drafted?

• Yes

• No