Ch. 7 test review

to take or halt someone or something on the way from one place to another

• intercept

• merchant ship

• neutral

• sympathize

a ship used for transporting goods rather than for warfare

• neutral

• merchant ship

• sympathize

• telegram

not favoring either side in a quarrel, contest, or war

• intercept

• torpedo

• sympathize

• neutral

to feel sorry for someone who is in a bad situation

• sympathize

• neutral

• merchant ship

• intercept

a written message transmitted over wires by using an electric device called a telegraph

• torpedo

• telegram

• ally

• intercept

a long, narrow, self-propelled underwater weapon used for blowing up ships

• ally

• intercept

• torpedo

• merchant ship

Why were Americans upset when the RMS Lusitania was sunk?

• It was sunk after Germany signed a pledge promising not to sink American ships.

• It was the first American ship to be sunk in World War I

• It was a passenger ship with Americans on board.

• It was a British ship that was sunk in American waters.

What did the Zimmerman Telegram promise?

• that Germany would give part of Mexico to the United States if the United States helped Germany win the war

• that the United States would give part of the United States to Mexico if Mexico helped the United States win the war

• that Germany would give part of the United States to Mexico if Mexico helped Germany win the war

• that the United States would give part of Mexico to Germany if Germany helped the United States win the war

Which answer is NOT a reason the United States entered the war?

• German submarine warfare

• U.S. ties to Great Britain

• the Zimmerman telegram

• German invasion of the United States

Which countries were part of the Allied Powers? Choose all that apply.

• Russia

• Germany

• Great Britain

• France

• Ottoman Empire