World History - World War I

World War I began in ____ and ended in _____.

• 1914, 1917
• 1917, 1918

• 1914, 1918

WWI was the first total war in history. What is total war?

• everything was open to fighting, including civilians and cities
• the first time the army, navy, and air force were used together
• every country in the world was involved in fighting
• all of a country's money would go totally to war

Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne in

• Germany
• Italy
• Austria-Hungary
• Serbia

One of the first countries to jump to the defense of Serbia was:

• Russia
• Germany
• France
• Britian

The following countries make up which alliance system: Austria-Hungary, Germany, & Ottoman Empire

• Triple Entente
• Allies
• Central Powers
• Axis

What was the land between two enemy trenches called?

• No Man's Land
• His brother's land
• Auntie Anne's Land
• Pen Cattle

Who was the president during WWI?

• Teddy Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Herbert Hoover
• Woodrow Wilson

Who is to blame for the war according to the Treaty of Versailles?

• Great Britain
• France
• Germany
• Serbia

What was a nickname given to WWI?

• The Big War
• The Bad War
• The Great War
• The Worldly War

How did Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare anger the American people?

• American companies lost a lot of money when British ships were sunk.
• When the Lusitania was sunk, 128 Americans were killed.
• The American people did not like having goods made in Germany.
• The Germans did not want America to trade with enemy countries.