WW1 Test

What were the 4 causes of WW1?

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
• Mercantilism, Communism, Capitalism, Socialism
• Domino Effect, Germans, French, English
• Global Warming, Climate Change, World Peace, World Hunger

Who was in the Triple Entente Alliance?

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey
• Britain, Russia, France
• Germany, Italy, France
• Russia, China, Japan

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

• Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany
• Russia, Britain, France
• Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy
• Russia, China, Japan

What was the immediate cause of WW1?

• The two different alliances clashing
• Colonies in Africa fought
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Germans used submarines on the U.S.

What is a domino effect?

• losing a game of dominoes
• When a small event seems irrelevant but ends up having huge consequences
• A bunch of buildings falling over
• When one thing happens and immediately causes others to happen

What is a stalemate?

• a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.
• winning a chess game
• when both sides of war are moving like crazy
• getting pushed back so bad that you have to surrender

What was the key to the Schlieffen Plan?

• A quick German Victory in France
• A quick German Victory in Russia
• French forces forcing Germany into a stalemate
• Russia forcing Germany to stay until winter

Why did the Schlieffen Plan not work?

• The Germans were too weak
• The Russians were not able to get up an Army quick enough
• The Germans had a stalemate in France
• Germany went to Russia first

What is trench warfare?

• Instead of being pushed back, armies would dig down and build trenches to shelter from enemy fire
• Throwing bombs from hole to hole in a field
• Fighting with airplanes in high altitudes
• Not giving up and forcing the enemy to surrender

What was the German unrestricted submarine warfare?

• Germany had a lot of ships sank by the British
• Not using submarines even though they had them
• When the Germans would sink any ship without warning in the waters around Britain
• Having too many boats so the waters were too crowded