Causes of
WW1 (1914)
WW1 (1914)
The assassination of this man led to the start of WW1.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
WW1 was mostly considered to be:
A. The Great War
B. The war to end all wars
C. Senseless loss of lives
D. A stalemate
E. All of the above
E. All of the above
What new munitions innovation was introduced in the Battle of Ypres (1914) by the German military?
1. Poison gas (chlorine gas) as a weapon
Name the peace treaty that Russia signed on March 3rd 1918 with the Central Powers.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3rd)
Name the French Prime Minister of France who called for extremely harsh conditions against Germany in the Treaty of Versailles (1919).
Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau
Name the first country to declare war to begin WW1 AND the country that it declared war on.
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
What was the conflict that Indian and Chinese soldiers felt, fighting alongside the British army?
1. Fighting as equals to British soldiers (colonialists)
2. Being considered second class citizens given the responsibility to fill sandbags and offload supply trucks
What is the significance of the Battle of Jutland?
BONUS: Who really won the Battle of Jutland and why?
A war for control of the North Sea AND/OR naval blockades.
BONUS
Britain because Germany withdrew and the British blockade continued (despite heavy losses of battleships)
Name the leader of the German military who eventually messaged US President Woodrow Wilson seeking an Armistice.
1. Wilhelm II
2. The German kaiser (emperor)
3. King of Prussia
4. The Kaiser
Name the city where the Treaty of Versailles was drafted by the Allied countries?
BONUS (1): Name the official gathering to draft the Treaty of Versailles.
BONUS (2): Name famous grand Baroque style gallery or "Hall" where the Treaty of Versailles was signed.
1. Paris
BONUS (1): Paris Peace Conference
BONUS (2): Hall of Mirrors in the Royal Palace of Versailles near Paris, France
Name the radical Serbian Nationalist group that wanted to unite all the Slavic nations into a unified ethnic territory.
BONUS: Name the proposed name of the unified territory.
The Black Hand
BONUS: Yugoslavia
Name 5 locations or frontiers where WW1 took place.
1. Eastern Frontier
2. Western Frontier
3. Italian Frontier (Isonzo and Asiago)
4. Balkan Frontier
5. Ottoman Frontier (Middle East / Gallipoli)
6. North Sea
Identify 3 reasons why the British lost the Battle of Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire?
1. Bad logistics (getting goods in and out of the Dardenelles)
2. No maps OR poor planning
3. Being wide-open targets for the Ottoman soldiers to shoot out at sea OR landing on the beach
Why is Remembrance Day celebrated on November 11th with a 21 gun salute for fallen soldiers at 11:00am?
Germany signed an Armistice that was effective on November 11th 1918 at 11:00am.
Name 5 conditions in the Treaty of Versailles that hurt Germany the most.
1. German land given to France and Poland (Germans living under foreign states)
2. German coal fields given to France for 15-years
3. All Germany’s colonies given to Britain and France
4. German military (army), airforce, and naval restrictions
5. German reparations of 132 billion gold marks to the Allied countries
6. The treaty was vastly different from President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
7. Clause 231 of the treaty, the "War Guilt Clause" put full blame on Germany
Name 4 M.A.I.N. causes of World War I.
1. Militarism
2. Alliances
3. Imperialism
4. Nationalism
Identify 2 key reasons why America joined the war.
BONUS: Name the strategy used by American merchant ships to sail supplies across the Atlantic Ocean to Britain AND combat German u-boat attacks.
1. The sinking of the Lusitania ship by German U-boats
2. The interception of the Zimmerman telegraph
BONUS: Convoy
What was the Battle of the Somme best known for?
1. A turning point for Germany becoming desperate (fighting alone) AND ultimately leading to losing WW1.
2. Bloodiest battle of WW1.
What 2 conditions did US President Woodrow Wilson impose on Germany immediately after Germany requested an Armistice on October 4th 1918?
1. Germany withdraw from all occupied territory
2. The German military leader surrender immediately
Explain how did Germany experience the following as a result of the Treaty of Versailles (1919).
1. Unemployment and poverty
2. Famine
1. Loss of coal fields meant that Germany could not produce any goods to keep the economy going.
2. Germany could not build transport systems to get food in and out of the country (Germany landlocked).
Identify 2 reasons why the archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated?
1. He was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
2. Serbian nationalists wanted to liberate Bosnian people living under Austria-Hungarian rule.
Name the leader and political party that led the second Russian Revolution in November 1917.
BONUS(1): Name the leader who surrendered in the first Russian Revolution.
BONUS (2): Identify 2 reasons for the Russian Revolution.
1. Vladimir Lenin led
2. Bolsheviks
BONUS (1)
1. Tsar Nicholas
BONUS (2)
1. Loss of soldiers' lives on the eastern front
2. Food shortages throughout the country (bread shortages)
What is the significance of the Battle of Verdun?
It changed WW1 into a war of attrition to force the enemy to surrender.
Why was August 8th 1918 considered a “Black Day” for the German Army?
German soldiers surrendered in the 1,000s at the Battle of Amiens (Germany's final war effort failed miserably).
Identify 3 reasons why the harsh conditions against Germany in the Treaty of Versailles were justified at the time.
1. Ignoring Belgium’s neutrality
2. German Acts of Aggression (Chlorine gas at the Battle of Ypres 1915, Zeppelin airstrike on the Britain Isles 1915 that killed innocent civilians, unrestricted U-submarine warfare, and the Red Baron shot down 80 Allied planes)
3. Destruction of French rural land on the Western Front from trench warfare
4. German Military and Naval Threat (and arms race)