WWI Blufferama!Exam Review

Group 1: Question 1

•What were the four long term causes of WWI?

Group 1: Question 1 Answer

•Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

Group 2: Question 1

•Who was assassinated as the immediate cause of WWI?

Group 2: Question 1 Answer

•Franz Ferdinand

Group 1: Question 2

•Who were the Central Powers?

Group 1: Question 2 Answer

•Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy (for awhile), Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire

Group 2: Question 2

•Who were the Allies?

Group 2: Question 2 Answer

•France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, and later the US and Italy

Group 1: Question 3

•What fighting strategy was used in WWI?

Group 1: Question 3 Answer

•Trench warfare, new weapons, etc.

Group 2: Question 3

•What is a stalemate?

Group 2: Question 3 Answer

•No one is clearly winning/losing

Group 1: Question 4

•What was Germany’s original plan when the war started?

Group 1: Question 4 Answer

•Schlieffen Plan

Group 2: Question 4

•What was Germany’s disadvantage during WWI?

Group 2: Question 4 Answer

•Fighting war on two fronts

Group 1: Question 5

•Who was the leader of Germany when the war started?

Group 1: Question 5 Answer

•Kaiser Wilhelm II

Group 2: Question 5

•Who assassinated Franz Ferdinand?

Group 2: Question 5 Answer

•Gavrilo Princip

Group 1: Question 6

•Describe at least two new weapons used during WWI.

Group 1: Question 6 Answer

•Results will vary (machine guns, airplanes, anti-aircraft guns, submarines, tanks, etc.)

Group 2: Question 6

•What were the two causes that persuaded the US to join the war?

Group 2: Question 6 Answer

•Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note/Telegram

Group 1: Question 7

•Why was the Treaty of Versailles considered a flawed peace?

Group 1: Question 7 Answer

•Germany was blamed and there were unfair punishments placed on Germany

Group 2: Question 7

•What were Wilson’s 14 points?

Group 2: Question 7 Answer

•Plan for peace after WWI

Group 1: Question 8

•What was the name of the international organization that was created after WWI?

Group 1: Question 8 Answer

•The League of Nations

Group 2: Question 8

•What made it seem like the League of Nations was going to fail from the start?

Group 2: Question 8 Answer

•US didn’t join

Group 1: Question 9

•What was life like for soldiers during WWI?

Group 1: Question 9 Answer

•Bad conditions in trenches, people dying or getting injured, etc.

Group 2: Question 9

•What was the lasting legacy (impacts) of WWI?

Group 2: Question 9 Answer

•New weapons made, many people died, Germany lost land/military strength/etc., treaty helped cause WWII, etc.