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WorksheetsWWI
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
In 1900, the British Empire covered a fifth of the land area of the earth. This led to conflict between the major countries of Europe. Great Britain was trying to conquer Africa from Cairo (in the north) to Cape Town (in South Africa). France was trying to conquer Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. A few years later, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany wanted colonies in Africa, too. This angered other major countries and increased the tensions that led to World War I.
The desire to take over lands for one's own country is called?
nationalism.
militarism.
imperialism.
patriotism.
Which person is considered one of the most popular jazz artists of the 1920s?
Louis Armstrong
Charles Lindbergh
Rudolph Valentino
Charlie Chaplin
The Treaty of Versailles placed total blame for World War I on which country?
Russia
France
Serbia
Germany
The American economy was stimulated in the late 1920s due to Henry Ford's mass production of?
airplanes.
automobiles.
skyscrapers.
skyscrapers.
By 1917, the countries fighting in World War I had reached a stalemate. A stalemate is a situation where no one can make progress. What happened in 1917 that ended the stalemate?
the invasion at Normandy
the use of mustard gas the United States entry into the war
the United States entry into the war
the use of submarine warfare
One reason the United States entered World War I was because of
an attack on Pearl Harbor.
an invasion by the British.
bombings of New York City.
the sinking of the Lusitania.
Strong nationalism was a cause of World War I because all the major European powers?
thought the others were more powerful.
wanted to live in peace with other countries.
wanted all the countries to have equal power.
wanted to be the most powerful.
The German use of _______ caused tension to increase between the United States and Germany
submarine (U-boat) warfare
rationing
atomic bombs
isolationism
Initially, the United States was not a part of WW1, the United States chose to practice this?
Nationalism
Militarism
Imperialism
Isolationism
How did Henry Ford's use of the process shown in the photograph reduce the price of automobiles?
by reducing factory sizes
by using low-quality parts
by using a low-paid immigrant workforce
by using workers to focus on specialized tasks
