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WorksheetsWorld War I - World History
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the name of the group of assassins who were responsible for killing the Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a)
Black Fist
b)
Black Hand
c)
Serbian Secrets
d)
Hand of God
2.
Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of:
a)
England
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Austria-Hungary
3.
Which nation was NOT in the Triple Entente before the war started?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Russia
d)
Great Britain
4.
Which nation provided the assassins of the Black Hand with weapons, training and money?
a)
Russia
b)
Germany
c)
Serbia
d)
Bosnia
5.
Which nation was led by Kaiser Wilhelm II?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
United States
6.
Which nation did not join the war when it started?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Russia
d)
France
7.
When a country is neutral it:
a)
makes an official alliance with another country
b)
sends troops to battle when a war begins
c)
does not take either side in a war and stays out of it
d)
declares war and joins the fight
8.
Which of the following WAS NOT a major cause of World War I?
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Christianity
d)
Alliances
9.
A nation builds up its military forces and weapons can be going through a period of
a)
Militarism
b)
Nationalism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Troopism
10.
Germany’s plan to fight a two-front war and defeat its enemies was called
a)
the Two-Front Plan
b)
the Secret Plan
c)
the Schlieffen Plan
d)
the Romanov Plan
11.
Which neutral nation did not allow Germany to march through its country?
a)
France
France
b)
The Netherlands
c)
Belgium
d)
Romania
12.
Pride in one's own country (often leading to a desire for self-rule)
a)
imperialism
b)
militarism
c)
nationalism
d)
alliances
13.
When one country controls the government and economy of another nation
a)
militarism
b)
imperialism
c)
alliances
d)
nationalism
14.
An agreement between nations to support each other if they are attacked.
a)
militarism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
alliances
15.
What was the "spark" that ignited the "Powder Keg" of Europe and started WWI?
a)
The sinking of the USS Maine
b)
The use of animal grease on the ammunition
c)
The assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary
d)
The bombing of Pearl-Harbor
16.
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
17.
What is the name of the alliance during WWI that included Great Britain, France, Russia and later the United States?
a)
The Central Powers
b)
The Axis Powers
c)
The Allied Powers
d)
The Western Front
18.
Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?
a)
airplanes
b)
machine guns
c)
atomic bomb
d)
poison gas
19.
WORLD WAR 1:
The assassination of Archduke _______________on June28, 1914 got the wheel rolling for WWI . This man was the heir to the Austrian throne.
The assassination of Archduke _______________on June28, 1914 got the wheel rolling for WWI . This man was the heir to the Austrian throne.
a)
Czar Nicholas Romanov II
b)
Keizer Welhelm II
c)
Franz Ferdinand
d)
Gavril Princep
20.
WORLD WAR 1:
What is the name of the treaty that officially ends WW1?
What is the name of the treaty that officially ends WW1?
a)
Lusitania Armistice
b)
The Treaty of Versailles
c)
The Paris Treaty
d)
The China Treaty
21.
WORLD WAR 1:
What country had to accept blame for WW1?
What country had to accept blame for WW1?
a)
Serbia
b)
Russia
c)
Germany
d)
Austria-Hungary
22.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION:
Why were the Russian citizens fed up with their way of life and want to have a revolution?
Why were the Russian citizens fed up with their way of life and want to have a revolution?
a)
Workers were not making fair wages
b)
Citizens did not want to be involved in WW1
c)
People are going hungry
d)
All of the above and even some more reasons
23.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION:
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Nicholas Romanov II
24.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION:
Following the revolution what was the name of the government/philosophy that was introduced. This philosophy had a huge impact on the economy.
Following the revolution what was the name of the government/philosophy that was introduced. This philosophy had a huge impact on the economy.
a)
Communism
b)
Democracy
c)
Facism
d)
Oligarchy
25.
What government was based on the ideas of Karl Marx?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Dictatorship
d)
Communism
26.
What was Russia's named changed to after the Russian Revolution?
a)
Serbia
b)
USSR or Soviet Union
c)
St. Petersburg
d)
Stalingrad
27.
Which wartime leader is correctly matched with their country?
a)
Kaiser-Wilhelm II- USSR
b)
David Lloyd George- France
c)
Woodrow Wilson- Great Britain
d)
Czar Nicholas II- Russia
28.
What were the contents of the Zimmermann telegram?
a)
A United States warning against German invasion of Great Britain
b)
A U.S. proposal to supply arms so Mexico could fight Germany.
c)
A German offer to Mexico to form an alliance against the United States.
d)
A German offer to negotiate peace with the United States.
29.
What leader brought the U.S. into World War I?
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Nicolas II
d)
Franz Ferdinand
30.
Which of the following is an result of the colonies being included in WWI?
a)
European colonies organized independence movements
b)
European colonies developed independent economies
c)
European Nations established new colonial governments
d)
European nations established new colonial terrorities
31.
Which of the following led to the reparations being paid by Germany, annexations were given to Poland, and Alsace-Lorraine was returned to France?
a)
The Axis defeat in WWII
b)
The Allied victory in WWI
c)
The formation of the European Union
d)
The Charter of the United Nations
32.
The League of Nations was created by the-
a)
Concordat of 1801
b)
Treaty of Westphalia
c)
Treaty of Versailles
d)
Treaty of Paris
33.
What are reparations?
a)
payment to Belgian civilians for German massacres
b)
payment to Bolshevik Russia
c)
payment to defeated powers for reconstructions
d)
payment of money for war guilt
34.
What was one factor that increased demands for colonial independence after WWI?
a)
Cost of German War reparations
b)
Discovery of oil in the colonies
c)
Participation of colonies in the war
d)
Breakup of the British Empire
35.
The 14 Points Plan was for--
a)
maintaining peace after the war
b)
punishing Germany at the conclusion of the war
c)
stopping the Bolshevik menace from spreading in Russia
d)
winning the war
36.
All of the following countries lost oversees territories after World War I EXCEPT--
a)
Ottomans
b)
Germany
c)
Britain
d)
Austro-Hungary
37.
Why did Russian troops withdraw from WWI?
a)
Great Britain became neutral
b)
Submarine warfare disrupted trade
c)
the United States entered the war
d)
communists overthrew the government
38.
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
a)
Nicholas II
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Louis XIV
d)
Catherine the Great
39.
Who followed Vladamir Lenin?
a)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Leon Trotsky
40.
The Bolsheviks were_______.
a)
fascists
b)
communists
c)
imperialist
d)
capitalists
41.
Lenin's economic policy was designed to--
a)
industrialize the Soviet Economy
b)
end all traces of capitalism
c)
move Russia to a wartime economy
d)
move Russian away from pure communism
42.
A major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the
a)
existence of sharp economic differences between social classes
b)
defeat of Germany in the Russian campaign
c)
Appeal of Marxism to the Russia nobility
d)
marriage of Czar Nicholas II to a German princess
43.
During WWI, which group of people were victims of genocide?
a)
Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
b)
Algerians in France
c)
Palestinians in Syria
d)
Arabs in Egypt
44.
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view....
a)
Propoganda
b)
Dissent
c)
Toleration
d)
Diversity
45.
What is the definition of Conscription?
a)
A way of writing letters
b)
The art of war
c)
Compulsory enlistment
d)
Withdrawing from a war
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