World War I Braipop

What was the result of all the new technologies introduced during WWI?

• They made the war much shorter than earlier wars.

• They made it easier for the Allies to advance through Germany.

• They made it easier to kill and wound more soldiers than ever before.

• They allowed Germany to take France easily.

What was the immediate cause of World War I?

• The alliance that was built between Britain, France, and Russia

• The shooting of a member of the Austrian royal family

• Longstanding tensions between France and Germany

• The sinking of a ship called the Lusitania

What word best describes the system of alliances that led so many countries to go to war?

• Quick

• Facile

• Convoluted

• Smooth

Place the following events in sequence: A) Russia declares war on Austria; B) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is shot; C) America enters the war

• B, A, C

• B, C, A

• A, B, C

• A, C, B

At first, America adopted an isolationist policy. What does this mean?

• America was looking for ways to become involved in the war.

• America wanted to stay out of the war.

• America wanted to broker a treaty between the warring countries.

• America sympathized with the Allied Powers.

How did the sinking of a British ship by a German submarine help bring the U.S. into WWI?

• The ship was owned by an American company

• The ship contained British goods being imported to America

• The ship contained American goods being exported to Britain

• There were more than 100 American passengers aboard the ship

What might have happened if America had not entered the war? Choose the most likely answer.

• Russia might have conquered France

• Germany and Austria might have won the war

• Britain might have conquered Germany

• France might have conquered Italy

Why was it significant that hundreds of thousands of African Americans were drafted to fight in the war?

• Much of America was still segregated along racial lines in 1917

• African Americans had never fought in American wars before

• Until then, African Americans were not allowed into Europe

• Slavery still existed in America at the time of World War I

What can you infer from the fact that historians think the Treaty of Versailles might have led to World War II?

• The penalties the treaty imposed on Germany were too harsh

• The penalties the treaty imposed on Germany were too easy

• Nothing could have possibly prevented World War II

• The Nazis drew their inspiration from the treaty

Which of these is an opinion about World War I?

• The loss of Russia weakened the Allied Powers

• Woodrow Wilson disagreed with some of the terms in the Treaty of Versailles

• Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II was a terrible military strategist

• The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919