WorksheetsWestern Europe
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Peat or decaying vegetable matter, can be used as a source of heat
a)
True
b)
False
2.
Who got assassinated and started World War 1?
a)
Frank Ferdinand
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Woodrow Wilson
3.
What was the land between the trenches called?
a)
Graveyard
b)
No Man's Land
c)
None of the above
4.
What was one of the main reasons for the start of World War 1?
a)
Assassination of the Austrian Heir in Sarajevo
b)
Murder of the German president in Berlin
c)
Russian Revolution
d)
Territorial Rivalry
5.
World War 1 took place between what years?
a)
1939 - 1945
b)
1915 - 1920
c)
1914 - 1918
d)
1899 - 1914
6.
Armistice means:
a)
Direct vote in which electors give their opinion
b)
Agreement to end fighting
c)
Living Space
d)
An act on behalf of the League of Nations
7.
Who was assassinated which led to the outbreak of WWI?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Nicolas II
d)
George V
8.
Which countries made up the Triple Alliance?
a)
Germany, Italy, Japan
b)
Russia, Germany, France
c)
United States, Belgium, Romania
d)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
9.
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
10.
Which weapon caused the most casualties during WWI?
a)
tank
b)
airplane
c)
machine gun
d)
zeppelin
11.
What was the long-term impact of World War I?
a)
The U.S. became a world superpower
b)
War was effectively eliminated by the League of Nations
c)
It led to World War II
d)
It made Woodrow Wilson a hero
12.
When one country controls the government and economy of another nation
a)
militarism
b)
imperialism
c)
alliances
d)
nationalism
13.
An agreement between nations to support each other if they are attacked.
a)
militarism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
alliances
14.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Austria-Hungary, Germany, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Allied Powers
c)
The Axis Powers
d)
The Entente Powers
15.
Who was the leader of the the Soviet Union during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Joseph Stalin
16.
How did the U.S. convince Japan to surrender?
a)
Through diplomatic negotiations
b)
By capturing their capital city
c)
By dropping two atomic bombs on them
d)
By surrounding Japan and allowing no one to leave
17.
Where was the FIRST atomic bomb dropped?
a)
Poland
b)
Hiroshima
c)
Hamamatsu
d)
Yamagata
18.
Allied soldiers invaded northern France on the beaches of Normandy. This is known as:
a)
VJ-Day
b)
VE-Day
c)
D-Day
d)
E-Day
19.
Adolph Hitler was the dictator of what country?
a)
Germany
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Japan
d)
Italy
20.
Women began working where during World War II?
a)
home
b)
factories
c)
schools
d)
offices
21.
The Berlin airlift allowed:
a)
The United States to get supplies across Soviet lines
b)
bombs to be spread over Berlin
c)
Stalin to control the airways
d)
enemies to attack Berlin
22.
Which of these is described below? *signed at the end of WWI *required Germany to pay Allies for damages caused by the war*required Germany to reduce the of its miliary
a)
the New Deal
b)
the United Nations
c)
the Treaty of Versailles
d)
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
23.
What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact examples of?
a)
failed attempts to make peace
b)
efforts to fight communism without bloodshed
c)
military aggression during the Cold War
d)
military alliances made for “collective security”
24.
Also called "Rebirth", this time period is known for an explosion of new ideas, arts, inventions and science.
a)
French Revolution
b)
Dark Age
c)
Middle Age
d)
Renaissance
25.
Spain and Portugal make up the ____________ ____________.
a)
Iberian Peninsula
b)
The island of Barkan
c)
Black Sea
d)
Italian Peninsula
26.
During the Renaissance period, ___________ painted the famous ___________.
a)
Donatello/ Mona Lisa
b)
Michelangelo/ The last Supper
c)
Leonardo da Vinci/ Mona Lisa
d)
Ninja Turtles/ Victoria
27.
Also known as Black Death. Killed large population of Europe and was spread by the fleas on the rats from trading merchants
a)
Crusade
b)
Bubonic plague
c)
Great schism
d)
guild
28.
This peninsula is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea:
a)
Balkan
b)
Iberian
c)
Jutland
d)
Italian
29.
Which natural resource helped support industrial development in both Britain and Germany
a)
Coal
b)
Gas
c)
Oil
30.
which of the following does a monarchy include?
a)
a dictator
b)
a president
c)
a king and queen
d)
nobody
31.
What is a well-known English river?
a)
Elbe
b)
Thames
c)
Rhine
d)
Loire
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