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WWI

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the result of trench warfare?

a)

Easy victory for the Allied Powers

b)

A stalemate for both sides

c)

Fewer casualties on both sides

d)

An easy victory for the Central Powers

2.

France, Russia, Great Britain, and the USA made up what?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Triple Alliance

c)

Eastern Bloc

d)

Central Powers

3.

Why did trench warfare start?

a)

Protect soldiers from machine gun fire

b)

Force the enemy to use airplanes to attack

c)

Trap enemy soldiers in craters created by artillary

d)

All of these answers are correct

4.

What is the term used when someone has an intense pride or love for their country?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Alliance System

5.

What is it called when a country takes over another country for their resources?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Alliance System

6.

What is the term used to describe the glorifying of the armed forces and keeping a strong army?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Alliance System

d)

Imperialism

7.

What is the term used to describe agreements between countries to help each other?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Alliance System

d)

Imperilism

8.

What was the "spark" that led to WWI?

a)

A declaration of total war by Germany

b)

The use of airplanes to bomb cities in Serbia

c)

A bomb being set off in a government building in Austria

d)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

9.

Germany helped Austria-Hungary during WWI because they were part of what group?

a)

Triple Entente

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Central Powers

d)

Allied Powers

10.

Countries participated in total war during World War I. What is this?

a)

Countries use almost all of their resources to fight and are willing to attack anything the enemy has

b)

When the majority of countries on earth fight

c)

When a majority of citizens fight

d)

When countries use every weapon to fight

11.

What was the long distance soldiers had to cross while attacking on the Western Front?

a)

Trench warfare

b)

No Man's Land

c)

Point of No Return

d)

Neutral Territory

12.

Soldiers ran into this before reaching the enemy

a)

Barbed wire

b)

Trenches

c)

Airplane fire

d)

Mines

13.

How were airplanes first used in WWI?

a)

To bomb enemy cities

b)

To shoot at enemy soldiers

c)

To spy on enemy positions

d)

To bomb enemy positions

14.

These pieces of technology were so effective at killing, they changed the way wars were fought

a)

Tanks and airplanes

b)

Mines and Trenches

c)

Submarines and Tanks

d)

Machine guns and Artillery

15.

These were the major reasons WWI started

a)

Militarism, Patriotism, Total War, Imperialism

b)

Alliances Militarism, Airplanes, Tanks

c)

Nationalism, Alliances, Militarism, Imperialism

d)

None of these answers are correct

16.

People often suffered these conditions while in a trench

a)

Rats, mud, disease, and body lice

b)

Trench foot, sink holes, cannibalism

c)

Airplane bombings, poison gas attacks, rats

d)

Artillery attacks, airplane bombings, trench foot

17.

How did soldiers get trench foot?

a)

Cuts on feet got infected

b)

Their feet would get shot and need to be cut off

c)

Feet in wet conditions for too long led to it

d)

Feet were bitten by body lice and rats

18.

Blinding, blisters, choking, and death were all results of being exposed to this new WWI weapon

a)

Flame throwers

b)

Napalm

c)

Poisonous gas

d)

Artillery explosions

19.

These helped end WWI

a)

Improved tanks that helped soldiers cross into enemy territory

b)

Submarines that could fire at ships AND enemy troops

c)

Mines that could stop enemy attacks

d)

Machine guns that could kill people faster than ever before

20.

What was artillery used for in WWI?

a)

Shooting down enemy planes

b)

Shooting at enemy soldiers who were far away

c)

It gave soldiers a way to fight against poisonous gas

d)

Allowed soldiers to fire rockets from anywhere on the field

21.

What is one of the big lessons we can learn from WWI?

a)

Don't jump into war too fast

b)

Don't wait too long to start a war

c)

Don't spend money on military weapons

d)

Don't create alliances with other countries

22.

What did many people think about going to war before WWI started?

a)

They thought the war would be easy

b)

They thought the war would lead to their country becoming more powerful

c)

They thought the war would cause their country to get more stuff

d)

All of these answers are correct

23.

Why were the Balkans (southeast Europe) called a "powder keg" (a barrel filled with gun powder)?

a)

Many people in the area wanted to start revolutions and form their own countries

b)

It wasn't called this. It was pretty peaceful before the war

c)

It was an area that had seen many wars for hundreds of years

d)

Many countries wanted to invade it for their resources