World War I

What event started World War I?

• The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor.

• The explosion of The Battleship Maine.

• The mistreatment of the people in Cuba.

The most feared new weapon used in World War I was

• barbed wire

• poison gas

• the machine gun

• the handgun

Why did the U.S. enter World War I?

• Russia asked for help.

• France started killing American soldiers.

• The Turkish navy sank the battleship Maine.

• German submarines sank American ships.

Which country was NOT part of the allies in WWI?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• United States

• France

The Treaty of Versailles

• ended the war.

• set up a League of Nations.

• punished Germany for causing the war.

• All of the above

The two sides fighting against each other during World War I was

• the Allies and The Central Powers.

• the North and the South.

• the East and the West.

• the Union and the Confederacy.

How did women contribute to the war effort in WWI?

• They helped men fight in the trenches in France.

• They were drafted into the Army and Navy to fight.

• They flew airplanes in battles over France.

• They took over jobs left by men going to war.

The land between the trenches was known as

• the danger zone.

• the dead zone.

• No-Man's Land.

• the drop zone.

At the beginning of the war, the U.S.

• joined on the side of The Allies.

• joined on the side of The Central Powers.

• planned to stay out of the war.

• used submarines to blow up German boats.

It was called "The Great War" and "The War to End All Wars." It wasn't called World War I until

• after the Spanish American War.

• after the Civil War.

• after World War II.

• after the Revolutionary War.