World War I

How did alliances help draw all of Europe in to World WarI?

• It encouraged competition in the Balkans
• It glorified military power
• It required each nation to support its allies
• It stimulated industrial growth

What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war?

• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Imperialism
• Patriotism

What role did nationalism have in the start of World War I?

• Pride in one's country gave citizens the confidence that another country would support them in time of war
• Pride in one's country encouraged people to join the military
• Pride in one's country encouraged ethnic groups to break free from larger, more powerful empires
• Both B & C are correct

How were the concepts of militarism and imperialism linked during the years leading to World War I?

• As a country gains colonies, its military grows to protect them
• As a country's military expands, the country wants colonies to recruit troops
• As a country's colonies grow, the military stages training exercises there
• As the military expands, a country seeks colonies to prevent rebellion at home

Who was Gavrilo Princip?

• A Serbian member of the terrorist organization the Black Hand
• The "heir apparent" to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
• The chancellor of Germany prior to World War I
• The Czar of Russia who was taken out of power before the war came to an end

What event in Sarajevo, Serbia ignited World War I?

• An ultimatum presented to Serbia in response to royal assassinations
• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife
• Austria's rejection of Serbia's offer and declaration of war on Serbia
• Russia's mobilization of troops along the Austrian border

Which was the first nation to declare war, thus starting World War I?

• Austria-Hungary
• Germany
• Russia
• Serbia

World War I was a "total war" because:

• it brought great suffering to civilians
• nations from all over the world were involved
• new technologies played a large part in it
• the nations involved devoted all their resources to it

The two alliances before World War I were the ______, which later became the Allied Powers, and the ______, which later became the Central Powers.

• Triple Alliance; Triple Entente
• Triple Powers; Triple Alliance
• Triple Alliance; Triple Powers
• Triple Entente; Triple Alliance

Which country refused to join their old allies in the newly formed Central Powers once the war began, instead becoming one of the Allied Powers?

• Italy
• France
• Ottoman Empire
• Serbia