Download World War I guided reading answer key

World War I guided reading
ANSWER KEY
1. The specific thing that led to World War I that was left out of the list was imperialism.
2. Other European countries needed natural resources, factories, and human workers in order to
build up their militaries.
3. Alliances would lead to war because one country would come to the other country’s defense if
their ally is attacked. By 1914, nearly every European nation was part of an alliance. An attack
on one country would drag others into war.
4. A nationalist from Serbia is responsible for sparking World War I.
5. The country that actually called for or declared war was Austria-Hungary when they decalred
war on Serbia.
6. The countries that sided with Serbia due to alliances were: Russia, Great Britain, and France.
7. The country that sided with Austria-Hungary was Germany.
8. The countries that made up the Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman
Empire, and Bulgaria.
9. The countries that made up the Triple Entente or Allied Powers were France, Great Britain, and
Russia.
10. The countries that would later join on the side of the Triple Entente or Allied Powers were Italy,
Japan, and the United States.
11. New weapons and technology made World War I bloodier and more costly than any other war
up to that time (World War I).
12. The Industrial Revolution contributed to making World War I bloodier and more costly because
countries now had factories that could make weapons in mass (large amounts in a short time).
13. Some new weapons first used in World War I were airplanes, submarines, high powered
machine guns, tanks, and even poison gas.
14. Trench warfare is when soldiers would take cover in huge ditches and fire on their enemy.
Neither side advanced without suffering heavy losses, both armies spent long periods of time
living in muddy, cold, rat-infested trenches.
15. Civilians suffered in World War I because homes, farms, villages, and cities were destroyed.
16. According to the reading the country that suffered the most from World War I was Russia.
17. Russia lacked modern industries (factories) and was less developed than Western Europe.
18. Russia suffered so much during World War I because they had a poor location and an extremely
cold climate. Any resources Russia had went to support Russia’s involvement in World War I.
19. Many Russians starving and freezing to death while money, food, and resources led to support
World War I led Russia workers to eventually revolt and for many solders to join them, starting
the Russian Revolution.
20. Czar Nicholas II gave up his throne in 1917 because he had no army to support him during the
Russian Revolution.
21. A group known as the Bolsheviks took over Russia after Czar Nicholas II gave up his throne in
1917.
22. The new type of government the Bolsheviks established was communism.
23. Communism is a type of government where people cooperate to meet each other’s needs.
People share money, property, and resources. Governments are not necessary under a
communist form of government and there is no such thing as private property.
24. The communist teachings and ideas and ideas came from a man named Karl Marx. Marx taught
that communist would result once common workers rose up to overthrow capitalism.
25. The leader of the Bolsheviks was a man named Vladimir Lenin.
26. The deal that Vladimir Lenin made with Germany was that in exchange for Germany’s support
Lenin promised to pull Russia out of the war once he was in power. Russia signed a peace
agreement with Germany in 1918.
27. While civil war was taking place in Russia the Communist Party took control of the Russian
government.
28. The USSR stands for the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic.
29. Germany realized that it could not win World War I due to the U.S. troops and enemy tanks.
30. The name of the treaty that officially ended World War I was the Treaty of Versailles.
31. Some of the conditions the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to do were to: Take full
responsibility for the war. Germany had to pay reparations (money to cover the cost of the
war). Germany also had to disarm its military.
32. The conditions of the Treaty of Versailles were so harsh were meant to make sure that Germany
could not start another war.
33. Some of the colonies of the victorious European nations hoped to become independent nations
once the war was over. Many of these people because bitter (upset) when victorious European
nations decided not to grant independence to these territories.
34. Germany was economically affected by World War I in that they went broke trying to pay for the
war.
35. The war effort drained the resources of the colonies of Europe.
36. Victorious nations like Britain and France struggled after World War I.
37. World War I helped created jobs by factories having to manufacture (make) weapons and
supplies for World War I. There were so much unemployment after World War I because there
was no longer a need for the weapons to fight the war.
38. The United States helped Europe in their economic hardship.
39. Some effects of the 1929 US Stock Market crash were that many people lost everything. Banks
and businesses closed. Around the world, unrest and nationalism grew.
40. The term that was used to describe the effects of the 1929 US Stock Market crash was
depression.