WWI Causes, Events, Effects Review

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

• nationalism
• militarism
• imperialism
• patriotism

What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe?

• the Middle-East
• Alsace-Lorraine
• Austria-Hungary
• the Balkan Peninsula

Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800s and most of World War I?

• Otto von Bismark
• Adolf Hitler
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• George Clemenceau

Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war?

• Attack France first, then Russia.
• Attack Russia first, then France.
• Send half of the army to France and half to Russia.
• Ally with Russia to fight France.

Why were Germany and Austria-Hungary known as Central Powers?

• because the war was fought on two fronts
• because of their combined armies
• because of their alliance in the war
• because of their location in the heart of Europe

Which nation's actions caused the United States to fight in World War I?

• Russia
• Mexico
• Germany
• Austria-Hungary

What did the war become once the participating countries began devoting all of their resources to the war effort?

• industrial war
• world war
• total war
• uncontrolled war

Region along German-Russian border where much fighting took place

• Western Front
• Eastern Front
• Total War
• Rationing

Region of northern France where much fighting took place

• Allies
• Central Powers
• Trench warfare
• Western Front

Fighting from trenches dug in the battlefield

• Allies
• Central Powers
• Trench warfare
• Western Front