WWI 8th Grade

1. Who was assassinated that led to the beginning of WWI?

• Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

• Arch Duke Joseph Ferdinand

• Arch Duke Franz Joseph

• Arch Duke Ferdinand Joseph

2. Who were the Central Powers?

• Germany, United States, Russia

• Russia, Belgium, Italy

• Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

• Austria-Hungary, United States, Italy

3. Who were the Allies ?

• France, Russia, Britain

• France, Germany, Austria

• Austria, Germany, Ottoman Empire

• Belgium, Germany, France

5. May 1915, a German U-boat sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. Several United States ships were sunk in February and March of 1917.

The events described lead to the United States declaring war on which country?

• Germany

• Ottoman Empire

• Bulgaria

• Austria-Hungry

6. Which event sparked the outbreak of WWI?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan

• Germany's Invasion of Poland

• Bolshevik coup d'etat in Russia

• Assassination of the Austrian Archduke

7. - "Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy form the Triple Alliance."

- "Serbian Nationalism Grows in the Balkans"

- "Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated in Bosnia."

The events in these headlines contributed most directly to the...

• Beginning of WWI

• Outbreak of the Cold War

• Development of Fascist Europe

• Beginning of WWII

8. A telegraph sent from Germany to Mexico offering the country the opportunity for an alliance.

• Zimmerman Telegram

• Zimmerman Orchard

• Zimmerman Email

• Zimmerman Snapchat

9. a major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in 1917

• WWIII

• WWI

• WWII

• WW

12. The issues listed in this diagram all led to the American involvement in what conflict?

• World War I

• World War II

• the Korean War

• the Vietnam War

13. What events draw the United States into World War I?

• Zimmerman telegraph

• Sinking of Lusitania

• US ships are sunk by Germany

• All of the Answer Choices are Correct