SS8 The Great War

Germany's plan to fight a two-front war was first to defeat _______ and then to focus on the much bigger enemy, Russia.

• France

• the US

• Belgium

• Britain

Germany's plan to fight a two-front war was first to defeat _______ and then to focus on the much bigger enemy, Russia.

• France

• the US

• Belgium

• Britain

Britain entered the war when Germans attacked the neutral country of ________.

• Belgium

• France

• Serbia

• Russia

The US entered the war when _____.

• German submarines started sinking American ships again

• Germany attacked the United States

• France and Britain asked America to help

• Russia asked America to help

What is an Armistice?

• When a war becomes global

• An agreement to stop fighting

• An agreement to begin fighting

• The end of a war

Policy of aggressive military preparedness

• militarism

• alliances

• nationalism

• mobilze

Military agreement uniting Britain, Russia, and France

• Triple Alliance

• Triple Entente

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

Alliance formed by Austria Hungary and Germany and later joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire

• Triple Alliance

• Triple Entente

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

Alliance formed by Britain, France, and Russia; later joined by Italy in 1915 and the US in 1917

• Triple Alliance

• Triple Entente

• Central Powers

• Allied Powers

German leader who believed the Schlieffen Plan would bring an end to the war

• Nicholas II

• Victoria

• George III

• Wilhelm II