Causes of WW1
What term describes the intense pride and loyalty people felt toward their nation before World War I?
Nationalism
What type of warfare involved soldiers fighting from long, heavily fortified ditches?
Trench Warfare
Who was the president of the United States during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What treaty officially ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers after World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
Who was the last tsar of Russia?
Nicholas II
What event involving Archduke Franz Ferdinand helped trigger the start of World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What powerful weapon could fire shells over long distances and cause enormous casualties?
Artillery
What German policy involved attacking ships with submarines in an attempt to cut off supplies to Britain?
Unrestricted submarine warfare?
What term means that a country is not allowed to have military forces or weapons in a particular area?
Demilitarization
Name two problems that caused Russians to lose faith in the tsarist government.
Food shortages
Military defeats
High casualties
Poverty
Inequality
Government corruption
Poor leadership
Economic problems
Effects of World War I
What system connected European countries through promises of military support?
Alliance system
What type of war involved governments using their economies, industries, civilians, and military forces to support the war effort?
Total War
What was one major reason countries used propaganda posters during World War I?
To encourage citizens to support the war effort, including military recruitment
What international organization was created after World War I with the goal of preventing future wars?
League of Nations
What happened to Nicholas II after the February/March Revolution? (First revolution)
Abdicated the throne
Name two major causes of World War I besides the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and the alliance system
Name three new or improved technologies that changed warfare during World War
Machine guns
Artillery
Tanks
Poison gas
Airplanes
Submarines/U-boats
What did Wilson mean when he called for "open diplomacy" in his Fourteen Points?
Ending secret agreements between nations and making diplomacy more open
What were payments that Germany was required to make after World War I called?
Reparations
Who provided political and ideological leadership to the Bolsheviks and later the Soviet state?
Vladimir Lenin
Put these events in the correct order:
1) Britain enters the war
2) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
3) Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
4) Germany declares war on Russia and France
5) Germany invades Belgium
2) Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
3) Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
4) Germany declares war on Russia and France
5) Germany invades Belgium
1) Britain enters the war
Why did World War I become a war of stalemate on the Western Front?
The combination of trenches, machine guns, artillery, barbed wire, and defensive positions made it extremely difficult for either side to advance
Wilson argued that the United States entered World War I to defend the rights and freedom of nations. What larger goal did this reflect?
Making the world safe for democracy?
Germany was required to accept responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles. What was this requirement commonly called?
War guilt cause
What was the name of the Russian government that took control after Tsar Nicholas II abdicated?
The Provisional Government