AKS 45 (WWI) Quiz

Which statement BEST describes the alliance systems in the years leading up to World War I?

• Pre-war alliances were made in secret and elevated diplomatic tensions within those governments.

• International groups like the League of Nations failed in their efforts to prevent military build-ups.

• Each country in Europe was aware of the diplomatic agreements between the other countries.

• The alliances were entered into mainly for economic reasons rather than for political or military ones.

Which of these is considered to be the "spark" which ignited World War I?

• the invasion of Poland

• the assassination of Franz-Ferdinand

• the sinking of a British passenger ship

• the invasion of Belgium

This chart seems to prove the point that...

• fighting was mostly limited to the battlefield in World War I.

• the United States was impacted more than other countries in World War I.

• Germany lost more people than any of the major participants in World War I.

• troops were not the only people affected by World War I.

-Growing nationalism in Europe

-Growing militarism in Europe

-The creation of secret alliances

Which of the following is the BEST title for the list?

• Causes of World War I

• Expansion of Democracy

• Reasons for the Fall of Communism

• Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution

“We found when we took over the French trenches in the Kemmel area they were very much deeper than ours, but not kept in the cleanliness and order one would expect. The German difference was that they would be reinforced [to prevent cave-ins] with a kind of fencing. But you didn’t find it with the British trenches, they’d simply be sandbagged.”

—Harold Oxley, of the Middlesex Regiment Comparison of British, French and German trenches

Which statement BEST describes the conditions on the war front for soldiers?

• The Germans, French and British all built comfortable trenches for soldiers to live in for long periods of time.

• The Germans built trenches for soldiers to live in for short periods of time.

• The French and British built comfortable trenches for soldiers to live in for long periods of time.

• The Germans built trenches for soldiers to live in for long periods of time.

Which of the following technological advances allowed soldiers to progress into enemy territory?

• development of atomic bomb

• surveillance drones

• automatic machine guns

• production of penicillin

Which of the following BEST describes how the Treaty of Versailles helped lead to Germany’s economic collapse after World War I?

• It forced Germany to strictly control its overseas colonies.

• It required Germany to spend money on its military.

• It required Germany to pay high war reparations.

• It placed a quota on goods exported from Germany.

Why was the mandate system established at the end of World War I?

• The mandate system created a plan to punish Germany for the cost of the war by requiring payments from the Germans.

• The mandate system was created to establish an administration of the territories of the Ottoman Empire, while preparations were made for their independence.

• The mandate system created a plan to take lands controlled by Germany and give them to France as new colonies.

• The mandate system was created to take the territories once under the control of the Ottoman Empire and make them colonies of the British Empire.

What is the belief that a people who share a common language, history, and culture should constitute an independent nation, free of foreign domination?

• imperialism
• nationalism
• militarism 

What is extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?

• imperialism

• nationalism

• militarism