Topic 16: WW 1 & The Russian Revolution

Which key event started World War I?

• The Schlieffen Plan was carried out.

• The Germans sank the British liner Lusitania.

• The U.S. entered the war.

• Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated.

This poster is an example of total war because it shows how

• people read about the war.

• many parts of people’s lives were affected by the war.

• children suffered as much as the soldiers during the war.

• people watched the war on tv.

What did President Wilson want to achieve with his Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference?

• victory for the U.S.

• a full payment of war costs by Germany

• a postwar world “fit for heroes”

• a “just peace” and “peace without victory”

Which effect from World War I does this photo show?

• casualties

• financial costs

• peace treaty

• winners

What was an effect of these types of military technologies used during World War I?

• They harmed civilians as much as soldiers.

• They failed to end the stalemate (deadlock) of trench warfare.

• They brought a quick end to the fighting and to the war itself.

• They harmed civilians as much as soldiers.

Who won the civil war in Russia?

• the Communists

• the Whites

• the Mensheviks

• the Bears

These soldiers are marching through Belgium in August 1914, an action that

• brought the Ottoman Empire into the war.

• was meant to cause the quick defeat of Germany.

• broke the stalemate on the Western Front.

• brought Britain into the war.

What happened right after the sinking of the British ship Lusitania by a German U-boat?

• Woodrow Wilson threatened to cut diplomatic ties with Germany.

• the Russian Revolution occurred.

• Germany continued submarine warfare against the Allies.

• Britain put in place a naval blockade of German ports.

Who benefited most from the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

• the United States

• Germany

• Italy

• Ottoman Empire

What was a political impact of World War I?

• The war caused many soldiers to be killed.

• The war cause many economic problems

• The war caused the influenza epidemic.

• The war caused many governments to collapse.