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WW1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did World War One begin?

a)

1918

b)

1916

c)

1914

d)

1941

2.

In What years did WW1 occur?

a)

1815 - 1818

b)

1914 - 1918

c)

1913 - 1917

d)

2005 - 2009

3.

Which of the following were not causes of WW1?

a)

Militarism, Alliances,

b)

Imperialism, Nationalism

c)

Economics, Isolationsim

d)

Alliances, Nationalism

4.

What was the immediate cause of WW1?

a)

Assassination of Woodrow Wilson

b)

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

Assassination of Gavriel Princip

d)

Assassination of JFK

5.

The use of the Machine Gun in WW1 led to a stale mate which created what type of warfare?

a)

Field Ops

b)

Bench Warfare

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Suicide Squads

6.

What is the space between the trenches called?

a)

dead zone

b)

every man's land

c)

no man's land

d)

out of bounds

7.

The United States practiced what policy at the beginning of WW1?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

8.

After the central powers lost WW1, Germans were forced to take responsibility for all of the damages by signing what treaty?

a)

The Treaty of Nanjing

b)

The Treaty of WW1

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The treaty of Paris

9.
The policy of building up a country's military to prepare for war is known as 
a)
imperialism
b)
nationalism
c)
militarism
d)
isolationism
10.
In addition to the U.S., the Allies included:
a)
Great Britain, France, and Russia
b)
Great Britain, France, and Austria Hungary
c)
Germany, Russia, Great Britain
d)
Ottoman Empire, Germany, Russia
11.
What was the name of the British passenger boat that was sunk by German U-Boats?
a)
U.S.S. Maine
b)
Lusitania
c)
U.S.S. Admiral
d)
the Titanic
12.

What is nationalism?

a)

When the government decides how much tax is paid on items

b)

Having the choice to join the military or remain a civilian

c)

Pride for your country's culture, religion, territory, and language

d)

Choosing which country you want to live in

13.
What is an alliance?
a)
An agreement between nations to defend one another.
b)
An agreement between nations to trade with one another.
c)
When nation's pick teams to fight against.
d)
Groups of countries that finished nationalism.
14.
This political cartoon most clearly depicts which of the following historical developments in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries?
a)
imperialism
b)
industrialization
c)
isolationism
d)
immigration
15.
What were the causes of World War I?
a)
alliances, socialism,communism, realism
b)
imperialism, capitalism, mercantilism, fascism
c)
militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
d)
communism, nazism, racism, militarism
16.
These two main events caused the United States to join WW1.
a)
Sinking of the Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegram
b)
U-Boats Submarine attack
c)
Gas Masks to protect soldiers from poisonous gas
d)
Zimmerman Telegram and Cuban missile Crisis
17.

This was the President during WW1. He wrote the 14 points.

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Abraham Lincoln

18.
The United States believed in handling our own problems.  We did not like getting involved in wars.  This idea was known as __________.
a)
Nationalism
b)
isolationism
c)
militarism 
d)
communism
19.
Types of weapons used in WW1
a)
Poison Gas 
b)
machine guns
c)
airplanes
d)
all of the above
20.

Did the United States sell weapons to both sides before joining WW1?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Why did soldiers wear high boots in the trenches?

a)

Walk over all the haters

b)

Knee deep Mud and Rats

c)

Gas protection

d)

Bulletproof armor

22.

Why was propaganda a useful tool in WW1

a)

Recruit soldiers

b)

Supportive home front

c)

Buy Bonds

d)

Demonize the enemy

e)

All of the Above

23.

What was created to stop another world war from taking place again?

a)

League of Europe

b)

OPEC

c)

League of Nations

d)

Congregation of The United Powers