World War I Practice for Test

When did War World I begin?

• 1912
• 1915
• 1918
• 1914

What were the two sides called?

• Allied Powers and Central Powers
• Americans and Communists
• British and Russians
• Allied Powers and City Powers

What was a MAIN cause of the U.S. entering WWI?

• sinking of the Maine
• Russia dropping an atomic bomb
• sinking of the Lusitania
• Japan dropping an atomic bomb

What was the name of the contract that ended WWI?

• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of France
• Treat of Paris
• Treaty of Milan

How did many Americans react to the Zimmermann Telegram?

• They became concerned about Russian expansion
• They wanted to avoid membership in the League of Nations.
• They wanted to fire Zimmermann
• They were outraged over a possible German-Mexican alliance.

One of the major reasons the United States went to war was over Germany's submarine warfare. The other was friendship with---

• France
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Russia

Which war tactic of World War I caused soldiers to endure terrible living conditions?

• Armored tanks
• U-boats
• Dogfights from the air
• Trench warfare

How did the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance contribute to the start of World War I?

• By issuing threats against nations in the Western Hemisphere

• By increasing tensions between the nations of Europe through complicated alliances

• By refusing to allow Germany and France to become members

• By ignoring aggressive actions by the Japanese in Korea

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of which conflict?

• World War I

• The Franco-Prussian War

• World War II

• The Russo-Japanese War

In which country did the rise of nationalism lead most directly to events causing the outbreak of World War I?

• Serbia

• Russia

• France

• Germany