HY 102 FINAL EXAM ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED
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The Schlieffen Plan - Correct Answer-Attack plan by Germans, proposed by Schliffen,
lightning quick attack against France before Russia gets too involved and can get
mobilized to help France fight back
Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Correct Answer-heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, was
assassinated in Sarajevo, started World War I.
sarajevo - Correct Answer-where Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
Gavrillo Princip - Correct Answer-The member of the Black Hand who assassinated the
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, the spark that started WWI
The Battle of the Marne - Correct Answer-September 1914, Britain joins France at
Marne river (the Western Front), pushed back Germany's offense and destroyed
German hope for a quick victory.
Total war - Correct Answer-the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort
David Lloyd George - Correct Answer-Britain's prime minister at the end of World War I
whose goal was to make the Germans pay for the other countries' staggering war
losses
Ministry of Munitions - Correct Answer-Created by David Lloyd George. Goal was to
decrease the price of war materials in Britain in response to a shortage in artillery shells
and other war supplies.
Defense of the Realm Act (DORA) - Correct Answer-Law passed in Britain during World
War I that allowed public authorities to arrest those who caused dissent and censored
newspapers that spoke ill of the war
Paul von Hindenburg - Correct Answer-President of the Weimar Republic of Germany
who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933
Erich Ludendorff - Correct Answer-This German, along with his partner Hindenburg,
essentially ran Germany during the end of the war
Georges Clemenceau - Correct Answer-An effective and almost dictator-like Prime
Minister of France, who would not take defeat as an answer
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War Socialism - Correct Answer-when government takes over economy to stop strikes,
ration goods, control prices, etc.
The Battle of the Somme - Correct Answer-A 1916 WWI (1914-1918) battle between
German and British forces. Ending in a stalemate, the bitter three-month conflict is
notable for the high number of casualties- 1.25 million men killed or wounded - and the
first use of tanks in warfare.
The Battle of Verdun - Correct Answer-Battle fought between French and German
armies from February to December 1916; more than 700,000 people died - one of the
most costly battles of the WWI.
Douglas Haig - Correct Answer-Controversial British commander on the Western Front
and the driving force behind some disasters like Somme and Paschendaele
wanted HEAVY artillery gundown
Erich von Falkenhayn - Correct Answer-He was chief of the general staff during WWI for
the Germans
Lusitania - Correct Answer-A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat
on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion
against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
Passchendaele - Correct Answer-June-November 1917; failed British offensive aiming
to secure Belgian ports
French Army Mutinies - Correct Answer-When French units were ordered to continue
fruitless attacks on German positions, a substantial number of units refused to go
forward. The soldiers did not attack their officers or leave the war, but they refused to
take part in offensives. The French army replaced its commander with General Petain,
and he promised no more useless assaults and dealt fairly leniently with the mutineers.
The French were able to keep the widespread nature of these mutinies secret from the
Germans.
Phillipe Petain - Correct Answer-French general who lead the defense of Verdun in
WWI. WWI imprinted his view of defense over offense that would lead to the rapid
defeat of French forces by the German Blitzkrieg. Put in charge of Southern (Vichy)
France. Shared many of Nazi's ideas and ordered that all Jews be surveilled.
Gallipoli - Correct Answer-A poorly planned and badly executed Allied campaign to
capture the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli during 1915 in World War I. Intended to open
up a sea lane to the Russians through the Black Sea, the attempt failed with more than
50 percent casualties on both sides.
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