WWI Test Review

MAINA: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination

• Causes of WWI

• Causes of WWII

• Causes of WWIII

• Causes of WWIV

What best describes the brutality of trench warfare during WWI?

• Mild discomfort and occasional gunfire
• Consistent gunfire, constant shelling and machine gun fire

• Peaceful coexistence and occasional singing
• Moderate inconvenience and sporadic cannon fire

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

• A peace treaty between Germany and the United States
• A trade agreement between Germany and Mexico
• A military alliance between Germany and France
• A secret telegram issued by the German Empire in 1917 proposing a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.

What happened to the Lusitania in 1915?

• It was taken over by pirates
• It was sunk by a German submarine
• It was destroyed in a fire
• It was hit by a hurricane

an agreement between two or more countries to support each other during war

• mutual defense treaty
• unilateral support pact
• alliance

• individual protection treaty

What were the two main reasons the US declared war on Germany in 1917?

• Unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram
• The Russian Revolution and the Treaty of Versailles
• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the alliance with Austria-Hungary
• Germany's invasion of Belgium and the sinking of the Lusitania

Which of the following was NOT a goal of President Woodrow Wilson's 14 points?

• To establish a League of Nations

• To promote free trade
• To ensure the right to self-determination for all nations
• To punish Germany severely for all the damage caused during WWI.

President Wilson and the other Allied agreed on creating the League of Nations.

• True

• False

What does isolationism mean?

• A policy of prioritizing economic and trade relations with other countries
• A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
• A policy of promoting peace and cooperation among nations
• A policy of actively participating in the political affairs of other countries

Why didn't the United States join the League of Nations?

• The U.S. was not invited to join
• The U.S. was not aware of the League of Nations
• ?????????

• The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and The U.S. did not want to be part of an international organization.