World War I Review

The Russian-backed movement to create a homeland for the Slavs was called:

• Pan Slavism
• the Black Hand
  The Black Hand
• Communism
• Schlieffenism

As Germany rose to power, other nations began to:

• fortify their shared borders
• send diplomats to Berlin
• reduce their militaries
• form alliances for protection

The Balkan Peninsula was called a "powder keg" because:

• the largest weapons factories were there
• it was heavily fortified/defended
• it was on the trade route to the powerful Ottoman Empire
• nationalist groups there were creating instability in the region

The assassination of ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand:

• was committed in Poland
• was the "spark" which started the war
• occurred in Vienna, Austria
• led to an immediate declaration of war by Germany

The first declaration of war in WWI was that of:

• Austria on Serbia
• Germany on Russia
• France on Germany
• Austria on Great Britain

Great Britain declared war after Germany violated the neutrality of:

• Serbia
• Russia
• Belgium
• Sweden

The Allied Powers originally included

• Germany, Austria and the Ottoman Empire
• Russia, Japan and Italy
• Russia, Germany and Sweden
• Russia, France and Great Britain

During WWI, armies used which of these for the first time?

• hot-air balloons
• poison gas
• cannons
• trenches

Germany's goal at the battles of the Somme and Verdun was to

• pull Austria into the war
• punish Belgium
• overwhelm France's resources
• gain control of the English Channel

At Gallipoli, the British hoped to

• gain access to the Black Sea to resupply Russia
• punish Austria for its poor performance
• break the German blockade of the North Sea
• gain control of the Baltic Sea