WORLD WAR 1 UNIT TEST REVIEW
What causes of the war were long term? - Answers :Militarism, alliance system,
nationalism, and imperialism
What was the first thing that happened to cause WWI? - Answers :Assassination of
Franz Ferdinand
What countries were a part of the central powers? - Answers :Germany, Austria-
Hungary, Ottoman Empire
What countries were a part of the Allied powers? - Answers :England, France, Russia,
United States, Italy, Serbia, Belgium, Switzerland
What happened because of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand and his wife? -
Answers :Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
How did the alliance system deepen the original conflict between Austria-Hungary and
Serbia into general war? - Answers :The alliance system drew other great powers into
the conflict.
Why were young men on both sides eager to fight when WWI started? - Answers
:Patriotism was high and men were eager to fight for justice and their country. -
Nationalism -adventure
What is militarism? - Answers :The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an
army prepared for war
What is neutrality - Answers :policy of supporting neither side in a war
What were U-boats? - Answers :German submarines that did tremendous damage to
the Allies, sank supply ships
What is the convoy system? - Answers :A heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant
ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups
What is trench warfare? - Answers :Fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire
What is a stalemate? - Answers :deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to
defeat the other
What made WW1 more deadly than previous wars and caused a stalemate to happen?
- Answers :new technology such as machine guns, airplanes, tanks and improved war
tactics
What causes of the war were long term? - Answers :Militarism, alliance system,
nationalism, and imperialism
What was the first thing that happened to cause WWI? - Answers :Assassination of
Franz Ferdinand
What countries were a part of the central powers? - Answers :Germany, Austria-
Hungary, Ottoman Empire
What countries were a part of the Allied powers? - Answers :England, France, Russia,
United States, Italy, Serbia, Belgium, Switzerland
What happened because of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand and his wife? -
Answers :Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
How did the alliance system deepen the original conflict between Austria-Hungary and
Serbia into general war? - Answers :The alliance system drew other great powers into
the conflict.
Why were young men on both sides eager to fight when WWI started? - Answers
:Patriotism was high and men were eager to fight for justice and their country. -
Nationalism -adventure
What is militarism? - Answers :The policy of glorifying military power and keeping an
army prepared for war
What is neutrality - Answers :policy of supporting neither side in a war
What were U-boats? - Answers :German submarines that did tremendous damage to
the Allies, sank supply ships
What is the convoy system? - Answers :A heavy guard of destroyers escorted merchant
ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups
What is trench warfare? - Answers :Fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire
What is a stalemate? - Answers :deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to
defeat the other
What made WW1 more deadly than previous wars and caused a stalemate to happen?
- Answers :new technology such as machine guns, airplanes, tanks and improved war
tactics
