World War I 1

ideas spread to help or hurt a cause

• armistice
• propaganda
• reparation

payment for losses suffered during war

• armistice
• propaganda
• reparation

agreement to stop fighting

• armistice
• propaganda
• reparation

What was one of the tensions in Europe that led to World War I?

• Russian people united by poverty overthrew their government.
• Many people united by language and culture sought self-government.
• A German submarine sank the British passenger ship the Lusitania.
• The Treaty of Versailles placed difficult demands on Germany.

With which two countries did Austria-Hungary form the Triple Alliance?

• Britain and France
• Britain and Russia
• Russia and Italy
• Italy and Germany

Why did Germany launch a “peace offensive” in 1918?

• to negotiate a fair peace treaty
• to persuade the United States to remain neutral
• to attempt a final push to win the war
• to encourage the Allies to accept the armistice

How did Germany’s sinking of the Lusitania increase the risk of war with the United States?

• The deaths of many American passengers on the British ship outraged President Wilson.
• The sinking hurt the United States economy by halting United States trade with Britain.
• American ships responded by blockading German ports.
• American ships responded by attacking German submarines.

Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points included all of the following EXCEPT

• an end to secret agreements.
• a limit on arms.
• the principle of national self-determination.
• the principle of international alliances.

How did President Wilson hope to end World War I?

• by halting trade with Europe.
• by entering the United States into the war.
• by declaring peace without victory.
• by providing guns and tanks to the Allies.

Which two members of the Allies shown on the graph suffered the greatest number of deaths during World War I?

• France and Austria-Hungary
• Russia and France
• Germany and France
• Russia and the British Empire