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World War I

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

World War I began with _____________ declaring war.

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Serbia

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

2.

Which of the following is NOT a M.A.I.N cause of WWI?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Alliances

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

3.

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy made up what Pre-War alliance?

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Central Powers

d)

Triple Alliance

4.

Which of the following countries was not part of the Triple Entente

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

U.S.A.

d)

Great Britain

5.

Which country was not a member of the Central Powers during WWI?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Austria-Hungary

6.

Place where Archduke Franz Ferdinad was assassinated.

a)

Moscow

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Montenegro

d)

Sarajevo

7.

Serbian nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

a)

Henry Tandey

b)

Gavrilo Princip

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Heinrich Himmler

8.

What date did WWI begin?

a)

June 28, 1914

b)

July 28, 1914

c)

April 6, 1917

d)

June 28, 1915

9.

Great Britain joined the war when Germany invaded this neutral country, which was seen as an act of aggression.

a)

Netherlands

b)

Sweden

c)

Belgium

d)

Switzerland

10.

British offensive battle where 60,000 troops were killed the first day.

a)

Battle of Verdun

b)

Battle of the Marne

c)

Battle of the Somme

d)

Gallipoli

11.

This person led Bloody Sunday, the onset of the 1905 Russian Revolution

a)

Father Gapon

b)

Jospeh Stalin

c)

Vladimir Lenin

d)

Nicholas II

12.

The German Schlieffen Plan was the plan to quickly take France before moving to what country that they hoped would take long to mobilize.

a)

U.S.

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Great Britain

13.

What treaty took Russia out of WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Verdun

14.

What leader came to power in Russia, and took them out of WWI?

a)

Gorbachev

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Stalin

15.

What date did the U.S. enter WWI?

a)

April 6, 1917

b)

December 7, 1941

c)

June 28, 1917

d)

JUly 28, 1914

16.

What was not a reason the U.S. entered WWI?

a)

ZImmerman Telegram

b)

Sinking of the Lusitania

c)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

d)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

17.

President that brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Herbert Hoover

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

18.

This man led peaceful protests for Indian Independence following WWI.

a)

Dalai Lama

b)

Ghandi

c)

Mussolini

d)

Nehru

19.

This man led the Long March through China to find a safe place for Chinese Communists.

a)

Deng Xioping

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Ghandi

d)

Stalin

20.

This empire was forced to dismantle following WWI?

a)

Byzantine

b)

Russia

c)

Ottoman Empire

d)

Germany

21.

Which of the following was not a weapon that was used during WWI?

a)

Nuclear

b)

Machine Guns

c)

Tanks

d)

Mustard Gas

22.

This treaty ended WWI and is a long term cause of WWII.

a)

Treaty of San Fransisco

b)

14 points

c)

Treaty of Verdun

d)

Treaty of Versailles

23.

Russian Marxists wanted to create what form of government in Russia?

a)

Communist

b)

Democratic

c)

Socialist Republic

d)

Fascist

24.

Goal of this failed organization was to keep peace between nations and prevent future wars?

a)

United Nations

b)

League of Nations

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

NATO

25.

Under the War Guilt Clause who was forced to take full responsibility for WWI?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

Ottoman Empire

26.

The addition of this countries troops turned the tides in favor of the Allied powers.

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

USA

d)

Italy

27.

Staying out the affairs of other nations

a)

Militarism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Isolationism

28.

Stalins failed plan to industrialize Russia, which led to thousands of people starving to death

a)

Long March

b)

5 Year Plan

c)

Great Purge

d)

15 Year Plan

29.

Plan launched by Winston Churchill to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war.

a)

Gallipoli

b)

Verdun

c)

Somme

d)

Iwo Jima

30.

Which country was not a member of the "Big Four" who met tp discuss terms of peace after WWI.

a)

U.S.

b)

Great Britian

c)

France

d)

Russia

31.

Which event happened FIRST in WWI?

a)

Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

b)

Germany invades Belgium

c)

U.S. joins the war

d)

Russia leaves WWI

32.

What date did WWI end?

a)

November 11, 1914

b)

November 11, 1918

c)

June 28, 1918

d)

April 6, 1917

33.

Why was there a stalemate durign the early years of WWI?

a)

Because airplanes were constantly bombing major cities

b)

Because of trench warfare

c)

Because the war started at sea

d)

There wasn't, France was dominating the war

34.

WWI created conditions in Russia that helped trigger the 1917 Revolution.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Germans were practicing unrestricted submarine warfare on U.S. ships because they were carrying weapons to help the Allied powers.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

They created trenches because airplanes were constantly dropping bombs on troops

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Mexico declared war on the U.S. because of the Zimmerman Telegram.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Russia left WWI the same year the U.S. joined WWI

a)

True

b)

False

39.

President of the U.S. during WWI

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

FDR

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Harry Truman

40.

FDR created the New Deal plans during the Great Depression.

a)

True

b)

False