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World Wars World War 1 Exam Study
Guide.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand - answer✔This was the spark that started World War I. The Austrian
crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo,
Bosnia. Germany urged Austria-Hungary to fight and they went to war against Serbia
Woodrow Wilson - answer✔This was the president who was elected in 1912, and led the US
into WWI. Later wrote a plan for post-WWI peace known as the Fourteen Points.
Austria-Hungary - answer✔This Central Power empire during WWI, started the war with their
invasion of Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 . It was made
up of Austria, Hungary and several other nations and territories. After World War I it split up
into several nations.
U-boats - answer✔This new machinery used by the Germans in sea warfare, to attack British
and American supply ships in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Nationalism - answer✔This cause of World War I was based on an intense pride in one's nation.
Wilson's Fourteen Points - answer✔This is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President
Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern
themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and
a league of nations.
Zimmerman Telegram - answer✔This intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the
Mexican government offered, territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico for Mexico. The
note also confirmed the new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany against the
Allied Powers. This helped turn Americans against Germany in WWI.
Lusitania - answer✔This British passenger ship was sunk by German U-boats in 1915, carrying
civilians and ammunition to Britain from the U.S. The event turned American opinion against
Germany.
Trench Warfare - answer✔This style of warfare was common in WWI, due to the invention of
the machine gun and heavy artillery. It included digging long trenches, separated by barbed
wire and a no mans land.
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World Wars World War 1 Exam Study
Guide.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand - answer✔This was the spark that started World War I. The Austrian
crown prince, was murdered on June 28, 1914, by a Serbian nationalist while visiting Sarajevo,
Bosnia. Germany urged Austria-Hungary to fight and they went to war against Serbia
Woodrow Wilson - answer✔This was the president who was elected in 1912, and led the US
into WWI. Later wrote a plan for post-WWI peace known as the Fourteen Points.
Austria-Hungary - answer✔This Central Power empire during WWI, started the war with their
invasion of Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 . It was made
up of Austria, Hungary and several other nations and territories. After World War I it split up
into several nations.
U-boats - answer✔This new machinery used by the Germans in sea warfare, to attack British
and American supply ships in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Nationalism - answer✔This cause of World War I was based on an intense pride in one's nation.
Wilson's Fourteen Points - answer✔This is the plan for post-World War I outlined by President
Wilson in 1918. This plan called for self-determination (countries in Africa and Asia govern
themselves), freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms and
a league of nations.
Zimmerman Telegram - answer✔This intercepted note from the German foreign minister to the
Mexican government offered, territories in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico for Mexico. The
note also confirmed the new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany against the
Allied Powers. This helped turn Americans against Germany in WWI.
Lusitania - answer✔This British passenger ship was sunk by German U-boats in 1915, carrying
civilians and ammunition to Britain from the U.S. The event turned American opinion against
Germany.
Trench Warfare - answer✔This style of warfare was common in WWI, due to the invention of
the machine gun and heavy artillery. It included digging long trenches, separated by barbed
wire and a no mans land.
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