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WWI

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

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Class
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1.

Prior to US entry into WWI, what factor most challenged the nation's neutrality?

a)

Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare

b)

Mexico’s support of the Central Powers

c)

Russia’s withdrawal of troops after the Bolshevik Revolution

d)

Great Britain’s blockade of European ports

2.

Which 2 countries were excluded from Treaty of Versailles negotiations?

a)

Germany & Russia

b)

Great Britain & France

c)

Italy & Serbia

d)

United States & Bosnia

3.

During WWI, the Central Powers were

a)

Germany, Italy, Japan

b)

Great Britain, France, Russia

c)

Germany, Great Britain, France

d)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

4.

Which event most DIRECTLY caused World War I in Europe?

a)

the Berlin Conference

b)

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

c)

1917 Communist Revolution

d)

sinking of the Lusitania

5.

During the years 1918 and 1919, at least 30 million people worldwide died as a result of what?

a)

food poisoning

b)

improved military technology

c)

the Spanish flu

d)

the Great Depression

6.

Which country left WWI early after enduring a Communist (Bolshevik) Revolution?

a)

France

b)

Russia

c)

Great Britain

d)

Italy

7.

What was the main consequence of the Senate's refusal to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Civil liberties were curtailed during the Red Scare.

b)

The League of Nations was greatly weakened.

c)

American troops in France and Germany were demoralized.

d)

Congress passed the Sedition Act to silence public dissent.

8.

Who assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

a)

Russian nationalists and communist sympathizers

b)

America CIA agents

c)

the Italian mob

d)

Serbia nationalists Black Hands member Gavrillo Princip

9.

Which event is being reference in the political cartoon above?

a)

the formation of the Allied Powers during WWI

b)

the Zimmerman note

c)

the De Lome Letter

d)

the formation of the Central Powers during WWI

10.

During World War I, most American soldiers engaged in trench warfare on the western front were fighting in which country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Russia

11.

What was the central goal of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points?

a)

to impose punitive measures on aggressor nations

b)

to create the League of Nations

c)

to win land for the US

d)

to implement a comprehensive reparations plan

12.

Which of the following would an isolationist support?

a)

Staying out of WWI

b)

sending US troops to fight in Europe

c)

the Spanish American War

d)

the League of Nations

13.

Which of the following new military innovations was the MOST effective during WWI?

a)

airplanes

b)

machine guns

c)

tanks

d)

poison gas

14.

Domestically, America utilized all of the following during WWI EXCEPT:

a)

propaganda

b)

conserving food and other resources

c)

drafting women to fight

d)

opening more factories and employing women to work

15.

All of the following are true about trench warfare EXCEPT

a)

the area between the trenches was called "no man's land"

b)

battles were quick because it was easy to cross no man's land

c)

machine guns were effective for both sides in battle

d)

artillery shells were constantly bombarding the battlefield

16.

"He kept us out of war" was the slogan used to get which president re-elected?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William Howard Taft

17.

All of the following are true about the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare EXCEPT

a)

any supply ship bringing aid to the allies would be sunk

b)

it was effectively utilized by Germany

c)

it was one of the main reasons America declared war on Germany

d)

the convoy system was an ineffective solution to this problem

18.

What is the message of the WWI propaganda poster shown above?

a)

enlisting in the army

b)

buying war bonds

c)

demonization of Germany

d)

rationing

19.

Due to starvation and exhaustion, Nov. 9, 1918, Germany overthrew their leader who?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

the Kaiser

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Woodrow Wilson

20.

Approx. how many people died during WWI? How many more were injured?

a)

22 million killed, 20 million more wounded

b)

30 million killed, 40 million more wounded

c)

48,000 killed, 200,000 more wounded

d)

9 billion killed, 7 billion more wounded

21.

What is the message of the WWI propaganda poster shown above?

a)

Enlisting in the army

b)

Demonization of Germany

c)

Rationing

d)

Both A and B are correct

22.

All of the following are true about the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT

a)

it created the League of Nations

b)

Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire were dissolved

c)

Germany was limited to a small police force and no military

d)

Germany had to pay minimal reparations and punishment was lenient overall

23.

Also known as "the draft", what act was implemented in 1917 to aid the WWI effort?

a)

the Sedition Act

b)

the Espionage Act

c)

the Selective Service Act

d)

the Alien Act

24.

Now called PTSD, during WWI this disorder caused by the trauma of war was called what?

a)

shell shock

b)

war trauma syndrome

c)

gun gut

d)

trench toes

25.

Lasting 6 months, what was the longest battle of WWI?

a)

2nd Battle of Marne

b)

Battle of the Somme

c)

Battle of Verdun

d)

Battle of Ypres

26.

The Triple Entente of the war, Great Britain, France, Russia and then America were also known as:

a)

the Triple Alliance

b)

the allies

c)

the Central Powers

d)

the Big 3

27.

Until after WWII, WWI was called what?

a)

the Great War

b)

the Bad War

c)

the Universal War

d)

the Big War

28.

The image above is a depiction of what WWI ailment?

a)

funky feet

b)

pneunomia

c)

trench toes

d)

trench foot

29.

ALL of the following are reasons WWI occurred EXCEPT:

a)

Nationalism, imperialism, militarism

b)

alliances between countries

c)

Russia invaded Germany

d)

Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia/Bosnia in 1908

30.

What country did Georges Clemenceau (France) and David Lloyd George (Great Britain) blame for the war and was made to pay $33 Billion in reparations?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Serbia

d)

United States