World War I, Part I Study Guide

Test: Wednesday, November 1st

  1. The three major countries that made up the Central Powers.

a. . Germany

b. .Austria-Hungary

c. .Ottoman Empire

  1. The four major countries that made up the Allied Powers.
  1. . Great Britain
  2. . France
  3. . Russia
  4. . The United States
  1. Wilhelm II the German Kaiser (emperor) during World War I.
  1. Franz Joseph I the emperor of Austria-Hungary until his death in late 1916.
  1. Arthur Zimmermann German foreign minister responsible for attempting to coerce Mexico into attacking the United States in exchange for financial support and a military alliance between Mexico and Germany.
  1. George V was the king of Great Britain during World War I.
  1. Franz Ferdinand the archduke of Austria and heir to the Habsburg throne.
  1. Woodrow Wilson the U.S. president during World War I.
  1. Nicholas II the tsar who led Russia during World War I until their withdrawal from the war.
  1. Mehmed VI served as the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and was the leader during World War I.
  1. GavriloPrincipa teenage Serbian militant who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
  1. Georges Clemenceau France’s Prime Minister during World War I.
  1. Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
  1. David Lloyd George was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who led Britain through World War I.
  1. Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary and Communist theorist that served as a leader in the Russian Revolution and largely created the Red Army.
  1. John Pershing was the leader of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I.
  1. Paul von Hindenburg was a Germanfield-marshaland statesman who commanded the German military during the second half ofWorld War I.
  1. Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the "Red Baron", was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I, who is credited with 80 air combat victories.
  1. Eddie Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I who was considered America's most successful fighter ace in the war with 26 aerial victories.
  1. Trench Warfare was a way of fighting in which soldiers fought from long, narrow ditches, or trenches.
  1. Dog Fights were an aerial battle between two or more enemy planes.
  1. Zeppelin were a type of airship that was designed to drop bombs on cities during World War I.
  1. U-boats were a German submarine.