World War I Brainpop

1. What was the result of all the new technologies introduced during WWI?

• They made the war much shorter than earlier wars
•  They made it easier for the Allies to advance through Germany
• They made it easier to kill and wound more soldiers than ever before
• They allowed Germany to take France easily

What was the immediate cause of World War I?

• The alliance that was built between Britain, France, and Russia
• The shooting of a member of the Austrian royal family
• . Longstanding tensions between France and Germany
• The sinking of a ship called the Lusitania

What word best describes the system of alliances that led so many countries to go to war?

• quick
• facile (easy)
• smooth
• convoluted (confusing) 

Place the following events in sequence: A) Russia declares war on Austria; B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot; C) America enters the war

• B, A, C
• B, C, A 
• A, B, C
• A, C, B

At first, America adopted an isolationist policy. What does this mean?

• America was looking for ways to become involved in the war
• America wanted to stay out of the war
• America wanted to broker a treaty between the warring countries
• America sympathized with the Allied Powers

How did the sinking of a British ship by a German submarine help bring the U.S. into WWI?

• The ship was owned by an American company
• The ship contained British goods being imported to America 
• The ship contained American goods being exported to Britain
• There were more than 100 American passengers aboard the ship

What might have happened if America had not entered the war? Choose the most likely answer. 

• Russia might have conquered France
• Germany and Austria might have won the war
• Britain might have conquered Germany
• France might have conquered Italy 

Why was it significant that hundreds of thousands of African Americans were drafted to fight in the war? Choose the best answer. 

•  Much of America was still segregated along racial lines in 1917
• African Americans had never fought in American wars before 
• Until then, African Americans were not allowed into Europe
• Slavery still existed in America at the time of World War I

What can you infer from the fact that historians think the Treaty of Versailles might have led to World War II?

• The penalties the treaty imposed on Germany were too harsh
• The penalties the treaty imposed on Germany were too easy
• Nothing could have possibly prevented World War II
• The Nazis drew their inspiration from the treaty

 Which of these is an opinion about World War I? 

• The loss of Russia weakened the Allied Powers
• Woodrow Wilson disagreed with some of the terms in the Treaty of Versailles
• Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II was a terrible military strategist
• The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919