WW1

Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?

• Socialists had seized power

• Some nations refused to trade with each other.

• Nations began mobilizing for war

• People were joining the Black Hand.

How did Serbia anger Austria-Hungary?

• mobilized troops along Austria's border.

• promised to support Germany's interests.

• tried to form an independent state

• developed imperialist ambitions

Which nations were the first to get involved in the initial conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary?

• Italy and Bulgaria

• United States and Britain

• France and Belgium

• Germany and Russia

Initially, how was the war effort on the Western Front characterized?

• slow but steady advancement of the German army on the ground.

• trench warfare that kept both sides in the same positions for four years.

• decisive victories by the French army and swift retreat of German forces.

• innovative strategies that used new technologies available to both armies.

As the war progressed, why did both the Allied Powers and the Central Powers seek new allies?

• get more money and supplies.

• expand their colonial empires

• pave the way for peace negotiations.

• open new avenues for commerce.

What was the primary reason Civil war broke out in Russia after World War I?

• many people opposed the Bolshevik government.

• the Bolsheviks did not fulfill their promises.

• foreign troops remained on Russian soil.

• Lenin acquired too much territory in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

What complicated the negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference?

• Russia's refusal to attend the talks.

• territorial disputes among the Big Three

• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

• Germany's refusal to pay for the war.

Why was Germany especially opposed to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

• forced Germany to reduce the size of its army and navy.

• returned the territories of Alsace and Lorraine to France.

• awarded sections of eastern Germany to the new Polish state.

• held Germany (and Austria) responsible for the war and required reparations

What was a major cause of the Bolshevik Revolution?

• Rasputin's influence at the royal court

• Russia's withdrawal from World War I.

• inflammatory rhetoric from Communist leaders.

• Czar Nicholas's failed military and economic policies.

The break up of which empires was a lasting legacy of WW1?

• British Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• German Empire

• Austria-Hungarian Empire