World War I

Why did Italy join the Triple Alliance

• They didn't like France

• They wanted to be part of a central block of countries

• They needed an alliance and the Triple Alliance invited them to join

• They feared the expansion of Austria into Italy.

Which country was NOT part of the Triple Entente?

• Russia

• Great Britain

• France

• United States

Which countries were part of the Triple Alliance

• Austria

• Russia

• Italy

• Germany

Which is NOT true about the Schlieffen Plan?

• Germany believed they would enter Paris in 3 weeks and then be able to turn their attention to Russia

• Germany declared war on Belgium so they could march through the country on their way to France

• Trench warfare was always part of the Schlieffen Plan, to prevent Belgium or UK from counter attacking

• Germany never made it to Paris, having been stopped miles from the city.

Germans knew the Schlieffen plan was unsuccessful when

• The U.S. entered the war.

• When Great Britain entered the war

• When the trenches were dug

• When Russia attacked the Eastern Front

The area between fighting trenches was called

• over the top

• no man's land

• land of death

• war zone

The treaty and alliance of 1839 that Germany ignored was between these two countries

• France

• Belgium

• United States

• Great Britain

• Serbia

The "Deal of the Century" was when

• the Kaiser gave Austria a blank check and his military for WW I

• when Lenin convinced Germany to pay him to overthrow Russia

• when Zimmerman offered California, Arizona and New Mexico to Mexico for an alliance

• France agreed to ally with Russia after years of being enemies.

Which is NOT true about the flu outbreak of 1918?

• it killed up to 50 million people world wide

• it started in Kansas, USA

• it was instrumental in ending the war do to lack of soldiers

• it caused a shortage of medics at the front lines, causing more death

Russia considered it's nickname to be:

• the big red one

• the defender of all slavs

• Mother Russia

• The True Empire