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WorksheetsWorld War I
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did the USA enter WWI?
a)
1914
b)
1915
c)
1917
2.
What is the build up of a military called?
a)
Imperialism
b)
Militarism
c)
Nationalism
3.
Who was assassinated in 1914 that caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia?
a)
Franz Ferdinand
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Gavrilo Princip
4.
The United States did NOT join the League of Nations.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What year did World War I start?
a)
1917
b)
1914
c)
1915
6.
What is a strong devotion to the interests and culture of one's own nation, to the exclusion of other nations?
a)
Militarism
b)
Patriotism
c)
Nationalism
7.
What was the name for Woodrow Wilson's program for peace that he proposed after World War I?
a)
Fourteen Points
b)
The New Deal
c)
New Freedom
8.
A country that avoids any international conflict by not getting involved is what? (The US chose this policy after the war was over)
a)
Isolationism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Aggressivism
9.
What country was urged to attack the U.S. in the Zimmerman Note which was intercepted and published in American newspapers?
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
Germany
10.
What ship was sunk by a German U-boat (submarine)?
a)
Titanic
b)
U.S.S Maine
c)
Lusitania
11.
The gas mask was developed to protect soldiers from ___________ ___?
a)
Gas chambers
b)
Mustard gas
c)
Chloroform
12.
What development caused a stalemate in the war by digging tunnels to protect men from heavy machine gun fire?
a)
Trench warfare
b)
tanks
c)
machine guns
13.
Which countries were a part of the "Triple Entente"? AKA Allied Powers
a)
Italy, Russia, Spain
b)
France, Great Britain, Russia
c)
Italy, Germany, and Russia
14.
Who was responsible for killing 25 Germans and capturing 132 prisoners of war earning him the Congressional Medal of Honor?
a)
John J. Pershing
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Alvin York
15.
Which act was passed to solve the lack of military personnel problem and is also known as "The Draft"?
a)
Selective Service Act
b)
Affordable Care Act
c)
Espionage Act
16.
The Treaty of ______________ ended the war.
a)
Paris
b)
Germany
c)
Versailles
17.
What is an agreement between nations to aid one another if they are attacked?
a)
Alliance System
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Roosevelt Corollary
18.
The act of controlling a weaker nation as a source of raw materials and as a market for your products?
a)
Neutralism
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Imperialism
19.
Which of the following is NOT a new weapon introduced in WWI?
a)
Machine Guns
b)
Sonar
c)
Tanks
20.
Germany was suffering due to the British blockade. What did Germany start practicing that eventually brings the US into the war?
a)
Blockade
b)
Trench Warfare
c)
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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