WWI

Which was NOT a cause of WWI?

• Militarism

• Alliance System

• Imperialism

• Narcissism

This type of warfare is defined as: opposing armies fighting each other from dug out pits in the battlefield

• Total

• Trench

• Treaty

• Standard

What is one event that caused Americans to want to enter WWI?

• Pearl Harbor

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• The Schlieffen Plan

• The Balfour Declaration

This ethnic minority living in the Ottoman Empire were systematically murdered by the Turks

• Romani

• Armenian

• Estonian

• Lithuanian

The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war

• Machinization

• Militarism

• Mobilization

• Militias

Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary =

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

Great Britain, France, Russia =

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

What could be one BENEFIT of total war?

• Militarism

• Civilian casualties

• Rapidly advancing technologies

• Falling mortality rates due to disease

Put these events in the order that they happened:

1. Germany declares war on France, Russia's ally.

2. Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated.

3. Germany declares war on Russia.

4. Austria–Hungary declares war on Serbia; Russia moves to aid Serbia

• 1, 2, 3, 4

• 2, 3, 4, 1

• 2, 4, 3, 1

• 2, 3, 4, 1

Which option best explains the Schlieffen Plan?

• Germany attacked France through neutral Belgium.

• Germany attacked Russia to eliminate them quickly and focus on France.

• George Schlieffen recommended aiding Russia in their fight against Serbia.