WW1 Quiz

1. Which idea was included in the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles to show the intent of the Allies to punish the Central Powers for their role in World War I?

• All nations shall maintain open covenants of peace.

• Freedom of the seas will be maintained.

• Germany will accept full responsibility for causing the war.

• Territorial settlements shall be made along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.

2. The Treaty of Versailles angered many Germans after World War I because the treaty

• divided Germany into Communist and non-Communist zones

• made Germany restore its emperor

• required all German-speaking Europeans to return to Germany

• forced Germany to pay large war reparations

3. Which statement explains the decline in unemployment rates in Britain between 1914 and 1918?

• World War I generated jobs at home in England and in the military.

• Many new jobs were available in Britain’s African colonies.

• Assembly-line production of consumer goods required more workers.

• The British were buying huge amounts of war materials from the United States.

"Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades — words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.”

— Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front

4. This quotation best describes the effects of the

• technological developments used during World War I

• formation of alliances in World War II

• tension between the superpowers during the Cold War

• protests against reforms during the Indian independence movement

5. The technology developed during World War I resulted in

• smaller nations becoming part of larger empires after the war

• a smaller number of refugees during the war

• increased military casualties in battles fought during the war

• a slowdown in transportation improvements after the war

6. During World War I, developments in military technology led to

• an early victory by the Allied powers

• the establishment of industrial capitalism

• the use of poisonous gas and submarine attacks

• an increase in ethnic tension in western Europe

Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

... A weary, exhausted, nerve-racked group of men it was indeed that, about noon November 1, assembled in a gully north of Sommerance [France] to rest and dig in for the night. The artillery was still firing furiously, but the enemy's barrage [bombardment] had ceased very suddenly about 10:00 a.m. and now only occasional shells from long-range rifles would explode in the

vicinity. The weather was gloomy and the moist air chilled one to the bones. Yet it was with that meticulous [methodical] care that is characteristic of worn-out men, that we prepared our foxholes, carrying boards and iron sheeting from abandoned machine-gunners' dugouts in order to make our "houses" as comfortable as possible, even though only for one night....

Source: William L. Langer, Gas and Flame in World War I, Knopf/Borzoi

7. Which means of warfare is described in this passage?

• guerilla

• nuclear

• biological

• trench

8. The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente contributed to the start of World War I by

• failing to include Germany and France as members

• threatening countries in the Western Hemisphere

• allowing Japanese aggression in Korea

•  increasing tensions between European countries

Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Observation of a Soldier in World War I

Private Archie Surfleet, February 8th, 1918 – We have been in camp near the wood at Écurie for some days now and a more miserable existence it would be hard to imagine. There is nothing but unrest and uncertainty and everyone here is absolutely fed up to the teeth.

- Malcolm Brown, Tommy Goes to War

9. Which hypothesis can best be supported by this passage?

• Allied forces were on the verge of winning the war.

• Technology had created a military stalemate.

• Revolution in Russia hastened the end of the war.

• Conditions contributed to low troop morale

10. What was a major cause of World War I?

• rebellions in colonial lands in Africa and Asia

• expansion of communism into western Europe

• militarism in the nations of Europe

• inability of the League of Nations to keep the peace