HY 102 FINAL EXAM UA-BEELER EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWER
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
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
AND ANSWER
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
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
