AP World - Unit 7: Global Conflict

Germany’s plan to avoid fighting a two-front war by defeating France then moving to fight Russia was called...

• 21 Demands

• Plan XVII

• the Schlieffen Plan

• the Romanov Plan

What was the "spark" that ignited the "Powder Keg" of Europe and started WWI?

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• The assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary

• The use of animal grease on the ammunition

• The bombing of Pearl-Harbor

What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria?

• The Central Powers

• The Allied Powers

• The Axis Powers

• The Entente Powers

What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Great Britain, France, Russia and later the United States?

• The Central Powers

• The Allied Powers

• The Axis Powers

• The Western Front

Which of the following is an result of the colonies being included in WWI?

• European colonies organized independence movements

• European Nations established new colonial governments

• European colonies developed independent economies

• European nations established new colonial terrorities

What are reparations?

• payment to Belgian civilians for German massacres

• payment to Bolshevik Russia

• payment to defeated powers for reconstructions

• payment of money for war guilt

During WWI, which group of people were victims of genocide?

• Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

• Algerians in France

• Palestinians in Syria

• Jews in Europe

What is a total war?

• Another name for propaganda, spread to influence public opinion.

• Complete mobilization of resources & people.

• Throwing masses of men against enemy lines.

• The use of women in war efforts and as spies.

What was the most important of all of Wilson's 14 Points?

• To impose punitive measures on Germany

• To win land for the US

• To create a League of Nations

• To implement a comprehensive reparations plan

What was the mandate system?

• The taking of the Ottoman Empire & German colonies & turning them into "mandates" of victorious nations

• The official name for the Genocide of the Namibian people in a German colony

• The official name for the newly formed League of Nations

• The government formed after the dismantling of the German Empire, also known as the Weimar Republic