World War I - A Global Conflict

World War I became a global conflict when European countries looked beyond the battlefields of Europe in order to end the stalemate (tie).

• True
• False

The Allies (Britain and France) attempted to beat the Ottoman Empire by launching the _____________ campaign in the Dardanelles region. 

• D-Day
• The Indian Wars
• Gallipoli
• Marne

The Gallipoli Campaign was a complete failure for the Allies, resulting in _________________ casualties.

• 1,000,000
• 785
• 28,500
• 250,000

Germany's ability to win the war was ruined by the fact that France and Britain took 3 of its African colonies and ____________ took its colonies in Asia.

• China
• Vietnam
• North Korea
• Japan

Soldiers from colonies (countries controlled by European states) fought on behalf of their European rulers, like soldiers from India, South Africa and Egypt who all fought for the ______________

• Portugal
• Germans
• British
• Spain

Making matters worse, an epidemic of influenza called _______________________ left 20 million people dead worldwide while WWI was being fought. 

• The Great Plague
• Asian Flu
• The Epidemic of All Time
• The Spanish Flu

According to our textbook, which one of these WAS NOT a reason that the United States entered WWI in 1917. 

• Sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmerman telegram (Germany & Mexico)
• use of poison gas on French citizens
• unrestricted submarine warfare

WWI was a _________________, or a war in which the countries involved devoted all of their resources to the war effort.

• Trench Warfare
• Total War
• Crusade
• Jihad

Governments had to control the consumption of, or ____________ goods in order to keep soldiers fed and continue the war effort.

• ration
• censor
• steal
• buy with war bonds

Governments also used ______________, which is one-sided information designed to persuade, in order to keep up morale and support for the war. 

• Total War
• Cold War Theory
• Propaganda
• Censorship