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WWI Unit Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was intercepted by Britain. Germany had sent it to Mexico asking them to attack the United States

a)

Zimmerman telegram

b)

League of Nations

c)

telephone call

d)

Treaty of Versailles

2.

The Treaty of Versailles created this. The purpose of this association is to prevent future wars.

a)

The Great War

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Western Front

d)

League of Nations

3.

The Treaty of Versailles had ________________ pay reparations.

Reparations are paying a large amount of money for _________ damage from the defeated country.

a)

Germany, military

b)

Great Britain, military

c)

Great Britain, war

d)

Germany, war

4.

Why did the United States enter the war in 1917?

a)

The sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram

b)

The Zimmerman Telegram and the Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Treaty of Versailles and the sinking of the Lusitania

d)

The assassination of its next president Franz Ferdinand

5.

What three countries were in the Triple Entente (Allied Powers)? Select all that apply.

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Russia

6.

What three countries were in the Triple Alliance (Central Powers)? Select all that apply.

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

Italy

7.

This person's assassination sparked World War I.

a)

Emperor Franz Joseph

b)

Czar Nicholas I

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

d)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

8.

The alternate nickname for the Ottoman Empire was

a)

Balkans

b)

Powder keg of Europe

c)

Sick man of Europe

d)

Colossus

9.

Leader of the Bolsheviks who led Russia after the Russian Revolution.

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Leon Trotsky

d)

Vladimir Putin

10.

". . . we shall fight for the things which have always

been nearest our hearts, — for democracy, for the

right of those who submit to authority to have a voice

in their own governments, for the rights and liberties

of small nations, for a universal domination of rights

by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace

and safety to all nations and make the world itself at

last free. . . ."

— President Woodrow Wilson

This statement supports

a)

disarmament

b)

self-determination

c)

freedom of the seas

d)

nationalism

11.

• Location — included lands surrounding the eastern Mediterranean Sea

• People — Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Muslims, Christians, and Jews

• Nickname during the 19th and early 20th centuries — "Sick Man of Europe"

• Ended after WWI

Which empire is described by these characteristics?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Russian Empire

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Germany

12.

The barbed wire and machine gun focus on what change in WWI?

a)

The use of alliances as a long term cause of the war

b)

Effective propaganda to rally citizens to fight

c)

New weapons introduced during the war

d)

Discontent among those fighting in the war

13.

What nation was blamed for the war at the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

F

14.

What were the long term causes of World War I? Select all that apply:

a)

Alliances drew many nations into the fighting when it broke out

b)

European nations built up their armed forces to show their strength, which encouraged fighting

c)

Nationalism during this time pressed nations towards arguments and citizens to romanticize war

d)

Competition to control various colonies increased tensions across Europe

e)

Submarines had attacked ships that transported weapons across the Atlantic ocean

15.

What was the focus of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points?

a)

Peace without victory- all nations would be treated evenly after the war

b)

Weaken Germany so that it couldn't threaten Europe again

c)

Abolish all monarchies left in Europe

d)

Build up armed forces to prevent a future war

16.

What places no longer existed after World War I? Select all that apply

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

"Week to celebrate our soldiers"

This French poster would an example of ___________ during WWI

a)

propaganda

b)

trench warfare

c)

self-determination

d)

Anti-German anger

18.

What leading nation did NOT join the League of Nations and weakened the League immediately?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Italy

d)

America

19.

Multiple Answer: The events in this cartoon gave rise to

a)

WWI

b)

V.I. Lenin

c)

The Bolsheviks

d)

Socialist Revolution in Russia

20.

What historical idea/force would have best caused the effects after WWI shown in the cartoon above?

a)

nationalism

b)

self-determination

c)

militarism

d)

reparations

21.

"Week to celebrate our soldiers"

This French poster is an example of what change that took place during World War I?

a)

Women taking an active role in helping the war

b)

trench warfare developing due to new weaponry

c)

many nations becoming independent

d)

unrestricted submarine warfare threatened free trade

22.

Mr. Chilton's favorite flavor is...

a)

Chocolate

b)

Cilantro

c)

Apple

d)

Mint