WW1/WW2 Test

What is the most probable link between militarism and imperialism?

• A country gains colonies, its military grows to protect them
• Army expands, the country wants colonies to recruit troops
• Colonies, grow, the military stages training exercises there
• Army expands, a country seeks colonies to prevent protesting

The main causes of World War 1:

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism

• Money, Alliances, Imperialism, Nativism

• Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nativism

• Mobilization, Annexation, Imperialism, Neo-Confucianism

The "spark" that was an immediate cause of World War I was

• The sinking of the Lusitania
• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Increased nationalism
• The Zimmerman Telegram

Classifying the western front during WWI as a "war of attrition" means that:

• it was based on large, highly structured military formations from both sides facing each other head on

• it was based on a deadlock where neither side can progress.

• it was based on movement and consisted of a pattern or action and reaction where both sides advance at the same time.

• it was based around which side could survive the longest and which side would give in.

In what war was trench warfare the primary method of fighting?

• World War II

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• World War I

• Vietnam War

What disease did many soldiers get from being in the constant moisture from flooded trenches?

• Trench cough

• Trench Flu

• Trench Foot

• Trench eye

In what way did alliances cause WWI?

• Countries that had alliances tended to be more peaceful and thus vulnerable to attack

• Countries who were under threat were more likely to leave alliances

• Small, regional disputes became magnified when allies were called upon to assist

• Small, regional disputes were quickly settled through negotiations with allies

What problem was the Schlieffen Plan designed to overcome?

• Germany wanted to secure oil for its military

• Germany wanted to overcome the superior British navy

• Germany wanted to avoid fighting on two fronts

• Austria Hungary wanted to stop Italy joining up with Russia

How did the new technology of the tank solve the issue of the deadly killing force of machine guns and barbed wire?

• It could fire it's guns at vast distances

• Protected the soldiers as they crossed no man's land

• It was so fast that it overwhelmed the enemy's defense

Which cause of America's involvement in WW1 is this political cartoon depicting?

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Militarism