WWI Study Guide

What were the MAIN causes of World War I? (SELECT FOUR)

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Socialism

• Nationalism

What is Militarism?

• making friends with other countries to keep safe

• glorifying the armed forces and keeping an army prepared for war

• conquering other people's land and ruling politically and economically

• having strong devotion to your country

What is Imperialsm?

• making friends with other countries to keep safe

• glorifying the armed forces and keeping an army prepared for war

• conquering other people's land and ruling politically and economically

• having strong devotion to your country

What is Nationalism?

• making friends with other countries to keep safe

• glorifying the armed forces and keeping an army prepared for war

• conquering other people's land and ruling politically and economically

• having strong devotion to your country

Why did European countries imperialize other countries in the 1800s?

• Expanding European empires needed natural resources

• Growing European empires wanted to share their natural resources

• Europe didn't want to compete with superior Africa anymore

• Europe was a very poor continent and wanted to obtain more gold

What best describe what Europeans did to Africa after imperializing the continent?

• They helped the natives by giving them resources

• They made Africa a wealthy continent

• They took the wealth (resources) out of the continent

• They brought high paying industrial jobs to Africa

Which event triggered WWI?

• Germany declared war on Serbia

• Russia moved in to support Serbia.

• The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Which countries were part of the Allied Powers alliance?

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Serbia

• Britain, France, Russia, USA

• Germany, Japan, Italy

• Britain, Japan, Denmark

Which countries represent the Central Powers alliance?

• Germany, Italy, Japan

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

• Russia, Germany, Serbia

• Britain, France, USA

What type of warfare characterized fighting on the "Western Front" (area between Germany and France)

• Guerrilla warfare

• Nuclear warfare

• Naval warfare

• Trench warfare