Unit 5 WWI

Who was killed by a Serbian nationalist and whose death marked the beginning of World War I?

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand 

• Gavrilo Princip

• Alfred von Schlieffen

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

What was the US approach to war in 1914?

• Isolationist

• Expansionist

• Interventionist

• Imperialist

Where did soldiers usually fight on the Western Front?

• tanks

• airplanes

• trenches

• ships

What was the name of the land between the trenches during World War I?

• Dead man's land

• No man's land

• Death zone

• Occupied area

Imperialism contributed to the start of World War I because it

• increased efforts to solve problems between countries

• reduced competition between countries

• increased competition between countries

• reduced tensions between countries

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire formed which alliance?

• Alliances

• Triple Entente

• Central Powers

• Middle Powers

In what year did the First World War begin?

• 1918

• 1917

• 1915

• 1914

What types of mechanized weaponry were introduced in World War I?

• Trenches on the front line

• Rifles

• Pistols

• Tanks

Who is blamed for the war according to the Treaty of Versailles?

• Austria-Hungary

• Russia

• Germany

• Serbia

What proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico?

• Versailles Treaty

• Schlieffen Plan

• Zimmermann Note

• German-Mexican Agreement