AP World History: WW1 Flashcards
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| 9436549347 | Which statement summarizes the Schlieffen Plan that Germany created to prepare for a two-front war? | Attack France first, then Russia | 0 | |
| 9436549348 | What region was referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe? | the Balkan Peninsula | 1 | |
| 9436549349 | World War I lasted from | 1914-1918 | 2 | |
| 9436549350 | The four main causes of WWI were | militarism, nationalism, alliances, imperialism | 3 | |
| 9436549351 | Why did the US not join the League of Nations? | Congress wanted isolationism | 4 | |
| 9436549352 | President Wilson's plan for peace after WWI was called the ____________. | Fourteen Points | 5 | |
| 9436549353 | In the late 1800's, these two countries competed for industrial domination of Europe. Their competition caused WWI. | Great Britian and Germany | 6 | |
| 9436549354 | According to the ______________________, Germany had to pay war reparations to the Allies, reduce it's military, give up some of its colonies, and ______________. | Treaty of Versailles, admit fault for WWI | 7 | |
| 9436549355 | The Triple Alliance included | Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary | 8 | |
| 9436549356 | According to the ___________________, Germany promised to help _____________ gain land it had lost to the US. | Zimmerman Telegram, Mexico | 9 | |
| 9436549357 | After Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, ____________ declared war on ____________. | Austria-Hungary, Serbia | 10 | |
| 9436549358 | _______________ dropped out of the war because of a communist revolution going on in the country. | Russia | 11 | |
| 9436549359 | What was the event that started WWI? | assassination of Franz Ferdinand | 12 | |
| 9436549360 | Which country switched alliances once WWI began? | Italy | 13 | |
| 9436549361 | Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800's and most of World War I? | Kaiser Wilhelm II | 14 | |
| 9436549362 | The United States joined on the side of the | Allied Powers | 15 | |
| 9436549363 | Another name for World War I is | the Great War | 16 | |
| 9436549364 | _____________________ is a term for German u-boats sinking all enemy ships without warning. | Unrestricted submarine warfare | 17 | |
| 9436549365 | _____________ and ____________ became mandate powers in the Middle East after WWI. | Britian and France | 18 | |
| 9436549366 | What was the main way that WWI was fought on the battlefield? | Trench warfare | 19 | |
| 9436549367 | Why was it difficult to gain an advantage over the enemy in trench warfare? | The machine gun made it nearly impossible for troops to advance. | 20 | |
| 9436549368 | Which of the following was the biggest factor in the United States' decision to enter World War 1? | Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. | 21 | |
| 9436549369 | These inventions were used during WWI | machine guns, tanks, gas masks, airplanes | 22 | |
| 9436549370 | Which statement is true about Treaty of Versailles? | It forced Germany to pay war reparations | 23 | |
| 9436549371 | The Triple Entente included | Russia, Britain, France | 24 | |
| 9436549372 | World War I was total war in the sense that.......................... | the nations involved devoted all their resources to it | 25 |