Topic 4 Lesson 1

9)  WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:

• Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
• Serbia burned their flag.
• Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
• Serbia won more Olympic medals.

On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank

• The Maine

• The Titanic

• The Lusitania

• The Queen Mary

What was the Zimmerman Note?

• The German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Britain
• Wilson's speech concerning why the U.S  should enter WWI
• A proposal by Germany that Mexico attack the US in return for territory
• a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary

Most of the fighting in Europe took place in...

• muddy trenches

• the air

• deserts

• the Pacific Ocean

What was the result of the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram?

• Reasons for the US to enter World War 1

• Reasons for Germany to start World War 1

• Reasons for Mexico to accept the Treaty of Versailles

• Reasons for the US to annex Texas

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the throne in which country?

• Serbia

• Belgium

• Austria-Hungary

• Russia

Which area was called the "powder keg" of Europe and was the place where World War I began?

• Balkins
• Gallipoli
• Western Front
• Ottoman Empire

What is a trench?

• Ditches dug into the ground to give soldiers protection

• An artificial elevated platform to give soldiers the advantage of the high ground

• A term for submarine warfare

• A decoy to make enemy soldiers think you have more troops than you really have

Who used poison gas for the first time?

• Germans

• British

• French

• Americans

Which of these is NOT one of the reasons why the U.S. got involved in World War I? 

• The Zimmerman Telegram
• Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
• The Russian Revolution
• Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand