World War I Pre-Assessment

WW I began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:

• Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land

• Serbia burned their flag

• Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed

• Serbia won more Olympic medals

On May 7, 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank a British passenger ship called

• the Maine
• The Titanic
• The Lusitania
• The Queen Mary

When World War I began, the official United States policy was

• to enter on the side of the Allied Powers
• the enter on the side of the Central Powers
• to remain militarily and politically neutral
• to support the Central Powers by providing war materials

Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War I?

• Trench Warfare
• Atomic Bomb
• Guerilla Warfare
• No-Man's Land

World War I took place between what years?

• 1939 - 1945
• 1915 - 1920
• 1914 - 1918
• 1899 - 1914

What country sent the Zimmerman Telegram, an offer to Mexico proposing an alliance between the two if Mexico attacked the US?

• Bulgaria

• Austria-Hungary

• France

• Germany

What effect did World War I have on women?

• More women worked jobs to replace the men leaving for the war.

• Moe women were being drafted and serving in combat positions for the military

• More women were elected to public office

• More women stayed at home and maintained a domestic lifestyle

Ideas, allegations, and other information that is spread deliberately to further a cause or damage an opposing cause, and that is often exaggerated or false

• Lies
• Propaganda
• News Headlines
• Blasphemy 

An agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help if it is needed

• Truce
• Agreement
• Alliance
• Feud 

The policy of building up armed forces in an aggressive manner for the preparation of war.

• Militarism

• Nationalism

• Imperialism

• Alliances