World War I Quiz

What did trench warfare cause

• defeat of France at the start of the war

• Russia's defeat on the Eastern Front

• stalemate on the Western Front

• troop movement on the Eastern Front

Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to

• run Italy as a mandate

• return Alsace and Lorraine to France

• accept the League of Nations

• attend the Paris Peace Conference

Why were tensions heightened among countries in Europe after 1900?

• Socialists had seized power

• Some nations refused to trade with each other

• Rival nations competed for colonies and trade

• People were joining the Black Hand

In total war, governments were able to control

• economies and resources within their own countries

• their citizens' voting preferences

• the economies of their allies

• the enemy's resources

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson argued at the Paris Peace conference most strongly for

• forgiving Germany

• restoration of Russia's czar to end communism

• a League of Nations to prevent future wars

• the outright annexation of territories to the Allies

The policy of requiring civilians to serve in the military is called

• militarism

• entente

• conscription

• mobilization

As nations mobilized for total war, women were

• asked to fill jobs they were never allowed to perform before

• sent to the front to fight in the trenches alongside men

• encouraged to remain in the home to care for influenza victims

• discouraged in their push for new freedoms and rights

The strip of land that separated the troops from each other was known as

• no-man's-land

• trench warfare

• the outfield

• the demilitarized zone

Why did both sides in the war want more allies to join the war?

• Too many soldiers were dying

• Nobody was winning the war

• Both sides needed more skilled pilots

• Everyone wanted the United States to join

After the end of World War I, Germany was

• unwilling to accept the Treaty of Versailles

• unhappy with the Allies' peace treaty

• broken up into many small kingdoms

• invited to the Paris Peace Conference