World War I

Why was WWI a total war?

• Nations from all over the world were involved

• New technologies played a large role in the war

• Trench warfare required the total focus of all armies involved.

• The nations involved devoted ALL of their resources to the war effort and It brought great suffering to civilians

What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War?

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

• An ultimatum presented to Serbia in response to royal assassinations

• Austria’s rejection of Serbia’s offer and declaration of war

• Russia’s mobilization of troops along the border

Why did Germany return to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917?

• Destroy the British ships blockading German ports

• Keep cargo ships from reaching Great Britain

• Force Russia to withdraw from the war

• To bring U.S. into the war

What region was referred to as the “Powder Keg” of Europe?

• Alsace-Lorraine

• The Middle East

• Austria-Hungary

• The Balkan Peninsula

What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Patriotism

What countries made up Europe’s Great Powers?

•  Germany and France

• Great Britain and Germany

• Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Germany

• Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia

How did The Zimmerman Note push the United States to enter the war?

• It proposed to plant German spies in the United States

• It proposed to help Mexico regain US territory

• It proposed to make a truce with Russia

• It proposed to sink passenger ships without warning

What was trench warfare intended to accomplish?

• To trap enemy soldiers in mud pits on the front lines

• To force enemy soldiers to pass through a ‘no man’s land”

• To protect the soldiers from enemy gun fire on the front lines

• All of the above

What was the impact of trench warfare?

• Great casualties with little territorial gain

• Great territorial gain with great casualties

• Little casualties with little territorial gain

• Little casualties with great territorial gain

What impact did the war have on the economies of Europe?

• It enriched the treasuries of the Allied Powers

• It drained the treasuries of Europe and left them all but bankrupt

• It gave women an opportunity to move up the corporate ladder

• It speeded the industrialization of Europe