World War I

Huge build up of military power/spending on army and navy

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

Got everything it wanted in Treaty of Versailles?

• United States

• France/Great Britain

• Germany

• Russia

Why were the Allies angry about German U-boats?

• They used poison gas

• They violated international law

• The Allies did not have their own ships

• They sank passenger and cargo ships

Stronger nations taking over weaker nations or areas (often to get resources)

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

The Central Powers include all of these EXCEPT

• Ottoman Empire

• France

• Germany

• Austria-Hungary

The U.S. was an Allied Power. Which of the following was NOT?

• Russia

• France

• Ottoman Empire

• Great Britain

The war started when Austria-Hungary declared war on:

• Russia

• Germany

• France

• Serbia

Great pride in one's own country is called...

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

When countries promise to help each other out, often is cases of war, it is called....

• Militarism

• Alliances

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

His assassination set off WWI

• Kaiser Wilhelm

• Gavrilo Princip

• Franz Ferdinand

• John Pershing