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WorksheetsWWI
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which option below correctly defines imperialism?
a)
a. When a large nation controls another region
b)
When a civil war breaks out in a weak area of the world
c)
When a large nation trades with a small nation
d)
B and C
2.
Who created the Open Door Notes?
a)
To allow the USA to control Africa
b)
To encourage cooperation between imperial nations
c)
To stop the Boxer Rebellion
d)
To unite the European imperial nations together as one nation
3.
What option below explains why imperialism led to conflict in the world?
a)
The USA was the only imperialistic nation.
b)
Imperialism caused large nations to compete against each other for resources
c)
Imperialism caused local natives to resent the larger nations that controlled them
d)
Both b and c.
4.
Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Charles the 1st
5.
In _______________________, private businesses control a significant portion of the economy
a)
Communism
b)
Monarchism
c)
Capitalism
d)
Confucianism
6.
Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
a)
Lee Harvey Oswald
b)
Gavrilo Princip
c)
John Wilkes Booth
d)
James Earl Ray
7.
All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:
a)
Nationalism
b)
Communism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Militarism
8.
All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
9.
Which option below explains why Russia came to “defend” Serbia when Austria-Hungary went to war with the nation?
a)
Serbia was a member of the Triple Entente
b)
Austria-Hungary was mainly a Catholic nation. Yet, Serbia was mainly Russian Orthodox in
terms of religion
c)
Serbia had access to the Balkan Peninsula and Russia did not want Austria-Hungary to have a
presence there
d)
None of the above
10.
Why did Germany declare war on France on August 3rd, 1914?
a)
France had invaded Austria.
b)
France would have eventually come to help Russia anyway
c)
. France had issued the Zimmerman note to the USA.
d)
a. and c.
11.
What was the Schlieffen Plan?
a)
It was a plan to dig trenches between Russia and Germany.
b)
It was a plan to lure the USA into World War I.
c)
. It was a plan to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
d)
It was a plan to attack France first, then Russia.
12.
All of the following were reasons many Americans wanted to stay out of WW I EXCEPT:
a)
America did not want to help Britain due to their past rivalry in the American Revolution
b)
The war was going on nearly 3,000 miles away
c)
America was a “Melting Pot”
d)
Socialists blamed capitalism and imperialism
13.
What invention helped Germany to stop a British blockade against their country?
a)
The U-boat
b)
The tank
c)
The gasmask
d)
The telegraph
14.
What was the final action taken by Germany that encouraged Woodrow Wilson to finally ask Congress to enter the war on the side of the Allies?
a)
The Schlieffen Plan
b)
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
c)
The invasion of Germany into Belgium
d)
The issuing of the Zimmerman Note
15.
What was the goal of “victory gardens” during WW I?
a)
To encourage people to grow food and then send that food to troops overseas
b)
To encourage people to grow their own food during WW I.
c)
To encourage people to donate farm land to the USA government to help fund WW I
d)
To encourage blockades against Germany to bring them to the point of starvation.
16.
What was the Great Migration?
a)
A mass exodus of immigrants that relocated from Germany to the USA
b)
A great group of people who fled from France to avoid serving in the army during WW I.
c)
A large group of African Americans who left the South during and after WW I.
d)
A mass movement of people out of cities to avoid catching the influenza virus.
17.
7. What did the 19th Amendment do?
a)
It removed the Espionage and Sedition acts.
b)
It gave women the right to vote.
c)
It stated that people could not be jailed in the future for critiquing wars.
d)
It removed segregation in the Southern portion of the USA.
18.
. What tactic did Vice Admiral William Sims use to fight against German U-Boats in WW I?
a)
He implemented the use of convoy systems.
b)
. He encouraged the USA to make atomic weapons.
c)
He requested that the Ottoman Empire join the Allies.
d)
All of the above.
19.
Who had the idea to create the League of Nations?
a)
Henry Cabot Lodge
b)
David Lloyd George
c)
Woodrow Wilson
d)
Vittorio Orlando
20.
. ___________________________ wrote The Communist Manifesto.
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Joseph Stalin
21.
All of the following were critiques offered by many against Communism EXCEPT:
a)
The system removed the incentive to work
b)
The system provided an atmosphere in which dictators would rise up.
c)
The system gave too much control to wealthy businesses owners
d)
The system would never deliver on the promise to allocate resources fairly
22.
. ____________________________ rose to become the first Communist Dictator of Russia after World War I.
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Mao Zedong
23.
Which option below correctly describes the Red Scare?
a)
It was a movement in which many people feared the spread of influenza.
b)
It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Communism and Anarchism.
c)
. It was a movement in which many feared that the Treaty of Versailles would fail.
d)
It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Capitalism and Democracy.
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