WWI (Reichardt)

Which acronym was used in class to explain the causes of World War I (WWI)?

• SALT

• MAD

• NAACP

• MANIA

Germany's 73% increase in defense spending from 1900 to 1913 is an example of which cause of WWI?

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Assassination

One cause of tension in Europe in the early 1900s was the rise of a sense of pride in one’s country, or ____________

• Nationalism

• Isolationism

Which of the Great Powers was most motivated by a desire to supplant Britain as the world's #1 imperial power?

• France

• Japan

• Germany

• Austria

Whose assassination provided the spark that led to WWI?

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Gavrilo Princip

• Tsar Nicholas II

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the ___________ throne

• Russian

• Ottoman

• Austro-Hungarian

• German

Under the Schlieffen Plan, Germany was to focus first on defeating _________

• France

• Russia

• Britain

• Italy

Why did Britain decide to declare war on Germany in 1914?

• because of Hitler's invasion of Poland

• to honor the Triple Entente with France & Russia

• to defend Serbia against Austrian aggression

• because of Germany's invasion of neutral Belgium

Why were Germany & Austria known as Central Powers?

• because of their CENTRAL location in Europe

• because of their CENTRALITY to the world economy

• because they were the main CENTERS of German civilization

• because their alliance was the CENTERPIECE of the Kaiser's war pan

The Battle of the Marne is a prominent example of this type of warfare

• chemical warfare

• trench warfare

• air warfare

• desert warfare