Question 1

What is conscription?

Accepted Answer

Compulsory service for the state (usually in the military)

Question 2

How did public opinion of WWI shift during the course of the war?

Accepted Answer

Most Europeans initially saw warfare as a great activity, with 100,000s of teenage boys enthusiastically enlisting themselves

By the end of the war people became more aware of how horrific it was

Question 3

What is poison gas?

Accepted Answer

A horrible type of weapon used during WWI where poisonous chemicals would be used to kill enemy soldiers

(caused long term lung damage and responsible for ~85% of WWI deaths; banned after WWI; chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas)

Question 4

What is trench warfare?

Accepted Answer

A type of warfare popularized during WWI, where nations dug huge trenches that soldiers would live in as they fought their opponents

Question 5

How did the machine gun affect warfare in WWI?

Accepted Answer

So deadly that it made it hard for either side to gain territory

(invented in late 1800s)

Question 6

How did submarines affect WWI?

Accepted Answer

Used to destroy shipments of materials and supplies

(Germany used U-boats to stop supplies being sent to the allies, which had the unintentional side effect of bringing the US into the war)

Question 7

How did airplanes affect warfare in WWI?

Accepted Answer

Initially used for reconnaissance, but were eventually fitted with machine guns and would engage in "dog fights" with enemy aircraft

Question 8

How did tanks affect WWI?

Accepted Answer

British used them to be able to move over difficult land (including trenches) and fire at the enemy

(developed by the British Royal Navy)

Question 9

Why did WWI become a stalemate for a while?

Accepted Answer

Neither side could advance, since it was easier to defend than attack

The stalemate was broken when both sides switched up tactics and the US joined the fight

Question 10

What was the Lusitania?

Accepted Answer

A British ocean liner that Germany sunk during WWI, encouraging US involvement

Question 11

What was the Zimmerman Telegram?

Accepted Answer

A secret message sent from Germany to Mexico during WWI

Promised to help Mexico regain territory it lost to the US, if it allied with Germany

Question 12

Why was the Zimmerman Telegram important?

Accepted Answer

The US intercepted it, which led to it finally deciding to join WWI

Question 13

What is total war?

Accepted Answer

A strategy where a nation commits all of its resources to fighting a war, used during WWI

(civilians would produce war materials and food was rationed)

Question 14

What is propaganda?

Accepted Answer

Communication meant to influence public opinion by spreading slanted/innacurate information

Question 15

What was the biggest global war before WWI?

Accepted Answer

The Seven Years' War, where Britain and France struggled for global power

Question 16

What was ANZAC?

Accepted Answer

A special corps of Australian and New Zealander troops that fought in WWI at Gallipoli

Question 17

What was Gallipoli?

Accepted Answer

A peninsula in northwestern Turkey, where ANZAC troops fought

Resulted in lots of Allied deaths, with little results

Question 18

How were women affected by WWI?

Accepted Answer

Since the vast majority of soldiers were men, women began replacing men in farms and factories leading to a change in gender roles

Question 19

What was the Paris Peace Conference?

Accepted Answer

A meeting between the victorious allies at the end of WWI to set the peace terms for the Central Powers

Question 20

Who were the Big Four in WWI?

Accepted Answer

The leaders of the victorious Allied countries, who met at the Paris Peace Conference

Woodrow Willson (US), David Lloyd George (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), Vittorio Orlando (Italy)

(became the Big Three after Italy left)

Question 21

How did Wilson and Clemenceau disagree on what should be done after WWI?

Accepted Answer

Wilson believed no one country should be severely punished/rewarded ("peace without victory")

Clemenceau rejected this and believed France had suffered the most so it deserved special protection from Germany

(David Lloyd George acted as an intermediary, but leaned with Clemenceau)

Question 22

What was the Fourteen Points?

Accepted Answer

A document Woodrow Wilson created after WWI, where he outlined his principles and pushed for creating a League of Nations

Question 23

What was the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

An international group formed after WWI, where nations of the world could discuss conflicts openly

(the US Senate voted against joining it, despite Wilson pushing for it)

Question 24

What was the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

The 1919 peace treaty with Germany, following WWI, that imposed harsh penalties in territory loss, reparations, and demilitarization

Question 25

What did Woodrow Wilson believe should happen to people conquered by the Central Powers?

Accepted Answer

They should have the right to self-determination and be able to decide their own political futures, instead of being snatched up by the Allies

(Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were broken up; Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia were formed)

Question 26

What did the Treaty of Versailles demand from Germany?

Accepted Answer

Billions of dollars in reparations, give up all its colonies, and restrict the size of its militaries

(led to tremendous hardship for Germany, caused to massive inflation, and caused resentment that would set the stage for the Nazis)

Question 27

What was the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

Germany's government from between the end of WWI to before the Nazis

Question 28

Why did so many Germans resent the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

It had agreed to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which led to a horrible situation for Germany

(set the stage for the Nazis to take power)

7.3 - Conducting WWI, AP World History: Modern Flashcards