Unit 8 Test Review - WWI

What is imperialism?

• the economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones
• the building of secret alliances among powerful nations
• the internal expansion of territories within one's own borders
• the political desire to bring economic prosperity to one's country

How did the unification of the German states and the emergence of the German Empire lead to tensions in Europe?

• Several countries feared that Germany would invade them and begin to create alliances.
• Many countries were outraged that Germany had signed an alliance with France.
• Russia began invading neighboring Slavic countries to create its own empire.
• England declared war on Germany for its invasion of France.

What was the result of alliances between European countries against one another?

• France and Russia went to war with one another.
• Germany invaded Poland.
• Countries began to engage in militarism.
• America sought to intervene in European affairs.

Why did England seek to forge alliances with France and Russia?

• because Russia and France had declared war on Austria-Hungary
• because President Wilson encouraged England to regulate European alliances
• because Germany had become a world power and England wanted a closer relationship with it
• because Germany was creating a naval fleet that threatened the British navy

The desire to promote one's own country's culture and interests above all other nations is called _______.

• culturalism
• nationalism
• militarism
• imperialism

What event in 1914 triggered the beginning of World War I?

• the unification of Germany
• the annexation of Bosnia
• the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
• the creation of the "Black Hand"

What was the Zimmermann telegram?

• the telegram to Mexico from Germany promising to give Mexico land lost to the U.S. if they joined the war
• the telegram sent to the U.S. stating that German U-boat attacks on passenger ships in war zones would continue
• the telegram granting the U.S. certain concessions from the German government
• the telegram from Germany to England stating that Germany had declared war on the U.S.

What was the final German act that caused the United States to declare war on Germany?

• the sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann telegram
• the German alliance with Austria-Hungary
• the sinking of six American ships by German submarines

What was the purpose of the wartime agencies created in the U.S. during World War I?

• to help forge alliances with neutral countries so that America would have allies
• to create cooperation between the national war effort and private businesses/factories
• to monitor events in Europe and use this information to direct troop movements
• to convince the American public, including its 8 million German immigrants, to support the war effort

What was the primary purpose of the War Industries Board?

• to produce war propaganda
• to build a naval fleet
• to coordinate the production of war materials
• to harvest natural resources