World War I Quiz

Which event most influenced President Wilson’s decision to enter WWI?

• a revolution in Russia

• b. the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• c. the renewal of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany

• d. the raids by Mexican guerilla forces on the Southwestern U.S.

What was the major reason the United States entered World War I?

• a. Japanese forces had occupied Manchuria

• b. German troops had landed on American soil

• c. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had invaded Belgium

• d. Germany had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare

Which source of information is a primary source about trench warfare during World War I?

• a. a later novel about World War

• b. a textbook map showing World War I battlefields

• c. an encyclopedia article about World War I

• d. a diary kept by a soldier fighting on the Western Front during World War I

Which document imposed these punishments on Germany after WWI?

• a. Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy

• b. Open Door Policy

• c. Fourteen Points

• d. Treaty of Versailles

Which set of WWI-related events is in the correct chronological order?

• a. Lusitania sunk, WWI begins, U.S. declares war on Germany, Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated

• b. Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, WWI begins, Lusitania sunk, U.S. declares war on Germany

• c. Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, U.S. declares war on Germany, Lusitania sunk, WWI begins

• d. U.S. declares war on Germany, Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated, WWI begins, Lusitania sunk

This word means pride in one's country; it was a cause of WWI.

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Nationalism
• Imperialism

This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.

• Nationalism
• Militarism
• Alliances
• Imperialism

This word means support for different sides during war; there were the Allied and Central powers during WWI.

• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Alliances
• Militarism

World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.

• 1914, 1917
• 1917, 1918

• 1914, 1918

What holiday do we commemorate as the end of WWI?

• Memorial Day
• Veteran's  Day