WWI Review

What were the causes of WW1

• Growing nationalism

• Growing Militarism

• The creation of secret alliances

• All of the above

Which of the following is a consequence of the network of alliances in Europe before World War I?

• Colonization of undeveloped nations would end.

• Nations being protected by the military

• Small disputes would develop large-scale wars.

What was an effect of trench warfare and new weaponing during WWI

• Swift invasions and decisive attacks

• Heavy casualties and little territorial gain

• A series of Russian and Ottoman victories

• Tremendous German victories and advances

What was the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles after WWI?

• Serbia had to apologize for the assassination of the Archduke.

• Germany accepted sole responsibility for the war.

• The Ottoman Empire gained Germany’s colonies.

• Russia had to give back land it had conquered.

Which of the following was long-the term cause of World War I?

• The League of Nations and the Mandate System

• The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The lack of industrialization in Western Europe

• Competition of colonies in Africa and Asia

What was Germany required to do as a result of Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

• demilitarize the bases they had in Poland

• give up their control of the Ottoman Empire

• pay reparations to European people and governments impacted by WWI

• give over their land to Austria-Hungary to apologize for killing Archduke Ferdinand

What was the impact of World War I on BOTH the Romanov and the Hapsburg dynasties?

• They were killed because of communist revolutions.

• hey were banished to live their lives in the Ottoman Empire.

• They were forced from power and another government took their place.

• They grew less powerful but gained additional territory from the French.

Why was "no-man's-land" so dangerous?

• The soldiers did not know where they were going when they tried to cross it

• Many soldiers were killed while crossing it.

• Both sides claimed it as their own territory and fought over it constantly.

• The French were determined not to let it fall to the enemy.

The United States entered the war largely over issues of..

• Serbian independence

• trench warfare

• German use of zeppelins

• unrestricted submarine warfare