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Social Studies Ch. 12.4-12.7

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pride and devotion to one's nation

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Expansionism

2.

Policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Expansionism

3.

Someone who uses threats and violence to promote a cause.

a)

Terrorist

b)

Propagandist

c)

Isolationist

d)

Warmonger

4.

Deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.

a)

Stalemate

b)

Draw

c)

Checkmate

d)

Neutrality

5.

Spreading ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.

a)

Stalemate

b)

Propaganda

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Neutrality

6.

Not taking one side or the other in a conflict.

a)

Neutral

b)

Isolationist

c)

Stalemate

d)

Pacifism

7.

Combat in which soldiers fight from trenches dug in the ground.

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Trench Combat

c)

Trenchism

d)

Bunker Warfare

8.

A person who tries to stir up war.

a)

Warmonger

b)

Warhawk

c)

Expansionist

d)

Militarist

9.

Another term for the Emperor of Russia

a)

Kaiser

b)

Czar

c)

Cesar

d)

Overlord

10.

Law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military.

a)

Draft

b)

Conscription

c)

Socialism

d)

Militarism

11.

Being unable to read or write.

a)

Illterate

b)

Literate

c)

Linguistically Challenged

d)

Street Smart

12.

Managing government through departments that are led by appointed officials.

a)

Bureaucracy

b)

Socialism

c)

Democracy

d)

Aristocracy

13.

A person who refuses to fight in any war.

a)

Pacifist

b)

Quaker

c)

Socialist

d)

Anti-Militarist

14.

People that believe that the public, not individuals, should own all property and that social classes should not exist.

a)

Socialist

b)

Expansionist

c)

Pacifist

d)

Communist

15.

An agreement between two sides to stop fighting.

a)

Armistice

b)

Abdication

c)

Cease Fire

d)

Hold

16.

To give up political or social power

a)

Abdicate

b)

Armistice

c)

Aprobate

d)

Allocate

17.

The rapid spread of a contagious disease through a population of people.

a)

Epidemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Influenza

d)

Plague

18.

Respiratory infection marked by fever, chills, and general feeling of weakness.

a)

Influenza

b)

Bonanza

c)

Epidemic

d)

Black Lung

19.

The right of national groups to have their own territory and forms of government.

a)

Self-determination

b)

Reparation

c)

Isolation

d)

Mandate

20.

Cash payments made to pay for damages and losses during the war.

a)

Reparations

b)

Preparations

c)

Restitutions

d)

Mandates

21.

People who wanted the U.S. to stay out of world affairs.

a)

Isolationists

b)

Expansionists

c)

Reparationists

d)

Imperialists

22.

Authorization to carry out an action

a)

Mandate

b)

Self-determination

c)

Reparation

d)

Stalemate

23.

Which of the options below was NOT a cause for tension in Europe that led to WWI?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Expansionism

24.

Which countries made up the Triple Entente?

a)

France, Russia, and Britain

b)

France, the U.S., and Great Britain

c)

Russia, France, and the U.S.

d)

Germany, Italy, and Russia

25.

The Triple Alliance was made up of what countries?

a)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

b)

Germany, Italy, and Russia

c)

Great Britain, France, and the U.S.

d)

Great Britain, France, and Russia

26.

Nationalism caused tension mostly in _____.

a)

the Balkan Peninsula

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

The Mediterranean Coast

d)

Western Europe

27.

Whose assassination is considered the cause of WWI?

a)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

b)

President Woodrow Wilson

c)

Czar Nikolas II

d)

Vladimir Lenin

28.

The assassination that sparked WWI was carried out by _____.

a)

Serbian terrorists

b)

Russian communists

c)

German militarists

d)

American warmongers

29.

The Triple Entente eventually became _____.

a)

The Allied Powers

b)

The Axis Powers

c)

The Central Powers

d)

The Western Powers

30.

The Triple Alliance eventually became _____.

a)

The Central Powers

b)

The Allied Powers

c)

The Axis Powers

d)

The Eastern Powers

31.

The space between opposing trenches was known as _____.

a)

No man's land

b)

Deadzone

c)

Killzone

d)

No one's land

32.

_____ was a new and deadly weapon used in trench warfare.

a)

Poison gas

b)

Fighter planes

c)

Machine guns

d)

Grenades

33.

Which side did the U.S. take when the war first started?

a)

The Allied Powers

b)

The Central Powers

c)

They remained neutral

d)

They fought against both sides

34.

What was the Lusitania?

a)

A passenger ship carrying Americans that was sunk by German U boats.

b)

A military fort in France that was first attacked by the Germans.

c)

A passenger ship that smuggled weapons to Britain and France.

d)

A warship that destroyed many German U boats.

35.

What was Woodrow Wilson's stance on the war.

a)

Neutral, and refused to get involved.

b)

Neutral, but prepared for war just in case.

c)

Aggressive, siding with the Central Powers

d)

Aggressive, siding with the Allied Powers

36.

What was the relevance of the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

It was a message from Germany to America, asking for an armistice.

b)

It was a message from Germany to Mexico, asking them to join the Central Powers and attack America.

c)

It was a message from Russia to Germany asking them to allow Russia to leave the war.

d)

It was a message from Germany to Russia, asking for an alliance.

37.

What did Germany promise in the Zimmerman Telegram?

a)

To allow Russia to leave the war peacefully.

b)

To help Mexico re-take Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona from the U.S.

c)

To help Mexico take Puerto Rico and Cuba from the U.S.

d)

To allow France to end the war peacefully.

38.

Which of the following was NOT a major factor in the U.S.'s involvement in WWI?

a)

the Russian Revolution

b)

the sinking of the Lusitania

c)

the Zimmerman Telegram

d)

the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

39.

Why did the Russian Revolution help to bring the U.S. into WWI?

a)

It allowed Woodrow Wilson to support a democracy, not an absolute ruler.

b)

Woodrow Wilson did not like Czar Nikolas II when he was in power.

c)

Woodrow Wilson wanted to stop the spread of Communism.

d)

Woodrow Wilson was friends with Czar Nikolas II and wanted to avenge him.

40.

What piece of legislation required men to register for a draft?

a)

Selective Service Act

b)

Conscription Act

c)

War Industries Act

d)

Citizen Service Act

41.

The _____ was in charge of conserving food to send to the troops.

a)

Food Administration

b)

Food and Drug Administration

c)

War Industries Board

d)

War Ration Board

42.

The _____ was in charge of regulating the war goods factories were producing.

a)

War Industries Board

b)

Food Administration

c)

War Labor Board

d)

Factories Commission

43.

How did the government raise money to fund the war?

a)

selling War Bonds

b)

Selling war goods to other countries

c)

Taxing U.S. citizens

d)

Borrowing money from other countries

44.

Why did Socialists oppose the war?

a)

They believed it would only benefit wealthy factory owners, whom they hated.

b)

They believed it would benefit the lower class, whom they hated.

c)

They believed it would damage the American economy.

d)

They feared that the war would reach U.S. soil.

45.

Which group overthrew the Russian Czar?

a)

The Bolsheviks

b)

The Communists

c)

The Marxists

d)

The Leninites

46.

Who led the Bolsheviks?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Arthur Zimmerman

47.

The _____ allowed Russia to leave the war if they gave some land to Germany.

a)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Brest-Versailles

d)

Treaty of Versailles-Litovsk

48.

American forces in Europe during WWI were known as the _____.

a)

American Expeditionary Force

b)

Trans-Atlantic Army

c)

American Expeditionary Army

d)

Trans-Atlantic Force

49.

The Harlem Hellfighters were awarded the _____ for their bravery in battle.

a)

Croix De Guerre

b)

Nom De Guerre

c)

Medal of Honor

d)

Croix De Gaul

50.

The first major American battle in WWI was the Battle of _____.

a)

Belleau Wood

b)

the Argonne Forest

c)

the Marne

d)

Paris

51.

On October 4, 1918, Germany requested a(n) _____.

a)

Armistice

b)

Abdication

c)

Cease Fire

d)

Unconditional Surrender

52.

What was one of Woodrow Wilson's conditions for accepting the armistice?

a)

Abdication of the German Kaiser

b)

Abdication of Vladimir Lenin

c)

He had no conditions

d)

Creation of the League of Nations

53.

The _____ after WWI was even more deadly than the war itself.

a)

Influenza Epidemic

b)

Black Plague

c)

Bird Flu Epidemic

d)

Ebola Epidemic

54.

Which was NOT one of the Big Four?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Georges Clemenceau

c)

David Lloyd George

d)

Henry Cabot Lodge

e)

Vittorio Orlando

55.

Wilson's peace plan was known as the _____.

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Fourteen Pillars

c)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

d)

Treaty of Versailles

56.

Wilson's Fourteenth Point called for _____.

a)

the creation of the League of Nations

b)

the authorization of the Treaty of Versailles

c)

the acceptance of the armistice

d)

the authorization of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

57.

Which was NOT a condition of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany would take blame for the war

b)

Germany had to pay reparations to France and Britain

c)

Germany had to pay reparations to Russia and Austria-Hungary

d)

Germany had to give up its overseas colonies

58.

Who led the critics of the League of Nations?

a)

Henry Cabot Lodge

b)

Vittorio Orlando

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Vladimir Lenin

59.

Which country did NOT take part in the League of Nations?

a)

The United States

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Italy

60.

Who led the American Expeditionary Force?

a)

John J. Pershing

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Matthew Perry

d)

George S. Patton