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Study Guide for World War I Test
Helpful Hints: The test will take the form of multiple choice, matching, true/false, and time occurrences.
There may be an essay on the test as well. There will be a few questions that ask you to identify
countries on a map of Europe and key events which happened there. In order to study for this test I
would recommend looking over your class notes, worksheets, outside readings, movie notes, and your text
book (Chapter 13). All of these materials will help you study for the test. In addition, I would know the
map of Europe and take a look at the list of key terms and questions which I have provided. Good luck!
P.S. Remember extra credit is due on the day of the test.
Otto von Bismarck
What were Bismarck’s foreign policy goals after the Franco-Prussian War?
What obstacles were in the way of Bismarck reaching his goals?
What were Russia’s humiliations prior to WW1?
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Central Powers
Allies
Describe Kaiser Wilhelm IIWhat were Kasier William II’s foreign policy goals
Schlieffen Plan
Plan XVII
Similarities between Congress of Vienna and Versailles Conference
Immediate and underlying causes of WW1
What countries played an important role in the Paris Peace Conference
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the events of June-August 1914 leading to war
“blank check”
Be able to form an argument that any of the following countries caused WW1 (Russia, Austria, Serbia,
Germany, and France)
Edmund Grey
Emperor Franz Joseph
Belgium and the scrap of paper
What technology made World War I different from other previous wars? How?
What weapon in particular caused a stalemate?
What did the French and Russian generals mistakenly think would be the key to success in the Great War?
Why was there so much tension in the Balkan region?
Eastern Front
How did the Russian army help the allied cause?
Militarism
Nationalism
Imperialism
Alliance System
Reparations
Ultimatum
Propaganda
Types and usefulness
Who were these men and what did they believe?
Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando, and Lloyd George
Annie Oakley
Zimmerman Note
Paris Peace Conference or Versailles Peace Conference- What happened there?
How did the Allies respond to Wilson’s vision for peace?
First Battle of Marne
Battle of Tannenberg
Why did the Allies begin the Gallipoli campaign? What were their goals?
Armenian Genocide
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Somme
Brusilov Offensive
What tactics did England use to help defeat Germany
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
Sinking of Lusitania
Why did the U.S. enter World War I?
Nivelle Offensive
Battle of Caporetto
Battle of Ypres (2nd and 3rd)
Douglass Haig
French Commanders (Joffre, Gallieni, Nivelle, Petain, Foch)
German Commanders (Moltke, Falkenhayn, Ludendorff, Hindenburg)
What advantages did the German army have over the Russian army?
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Tsar Nicholas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Important Ottoman Leaders (Enver Pasha, Mustafa Kemal)
Total War and its aspects..e.g.
Zeppelins, Belgian snipers and civilians
Trench Warfare tactics and realities
Poison Gas
Big Bertha
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Spanish Flu
Lost Generation
Provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
Similarities and differences between the Treaty of Versailles and the Congress of Vienna
Why did the senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?
Which countries became independent after World War I.
What was the Polish Corridor