World War I Quiz

What nation destabilized the balance of power in Europe in the years before World War I with its increasing military and industrial might?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Russia

What was the name of the alliance that Germany formed with Italy and Austria-Hungary in 1882 to protect itself from its neighbor France?

• the Reinsurance Alliance

• the Three Emperors' League

• the Triple Alliance

• the Triple Entente

As Ottoman power declined, the Balkan Peninsula became unstable due to

• ethnic nationalism among Balkan peoples.

• French imperial ambitions in the region.

• religious rivalries between Muslims and Christians.

• Russia's rivalry with the newly-formed nation of Serbia.

How did many Europeans react to the outbreak of war in August 1914?

• They blamed their governments for needlessly entering into war.

• They braced themselves for what they knew would be a long, difficult fight.

• They organized peace marches in opposition to the war.

• They welcomed the war with patriotic celebration.

With the Schlieffen Plan, Germany planned to win the war by

• building defenses on their western border.

• quickly knocking France out of the fighting.

• first invading and defeating Russia.

• relying on their allies to fight for them.

New military technologies used during World War I resulted in

• a short but very destructive war.

• fewer civilian casualties.

• the immediate development of new offensive tactics.

• unprecedented bloodshed.

What was the result of fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula?

• Allied forces overwhelmed the German navy.

• Trench warfare resulted in a stalemate.

• Turkey was overrun by the Allies.

• Turkish forces defeated the Allies.

During the war, nations began to print a lot of paper money because

• they wanted to prevent inflation.

• they had difficulty paying the costs of war.

• they had no other way of affording reparations payments.

• they wanted to flood foreign economies with worthless currency.

Why did the United States remain neutral when World War I first broke out?

• American companies saw the war as an opportunity to sell supplies to both sides.

• The United States had cultural ties to Britain, but it also had a large German-American population.

• The United States saw the war as a purely European dispute.

• All of the above.

What German tactic eventually drew the United States into World War I?

• the bombing of American naval outposts

• the use of submarines against merchant ships

• the use of tanks on the Western Front

• the use of poison gas against civilians