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World War 1

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main cause of World War 1

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Killing

2.

Which countries were allied powers and which were central

a)

Allied: Russia, Turkey, Britain

b)

Allied: Great Britain, Russia, Italy, U.S.A.

c)

Central: Germany, Russia, U.S.A

d)

Central: Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary

3.

Which country started the War

a)

Assassination of Woodrow Wilson

b)

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

c)

Assassination of Vladimir Lenin

d)

Assassination of the Red Baron

4.

Which country created the tank

a)

Britian

b)

Germany

c)

U.S.A.

d)

Russia

5.

Which country used Poison gas

a)

Britian

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Germany

6.

Which country modified the Submarine

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Serbia

7.

What are Five reasons it was hard for the Americans to stay Nuetral

a)

Propaganda

b)

trade with the Allies

c)

America favored the Allied cause

d)

Germany treating other country badly

e)

their neutral rights at sea

8.

What did Germany do that angered America

a)

Sank all their ships

b)

unrestricted submarine warfare

c)

killed all their seamen

d)

Bordered their shores

e)

Sank every single ship America had

9.

Why was America outraged at the Zimmerman Telegragh

a)

It asked if Mexico would join the Central powers

b)

They would lose all of their land

c)

It put them in danger of losing their territory and having to fight Mexico again.

10.

What did the Selective Service Act do?

a)

It drafted men for the war

b)

It killed men who were not worthy to fight

c)

It picked men who would not fight in the war

d)

It picked men who could not fight in the war

11.

What did the Americans do to help with food shortages?

a)

People rationed so that soldiers would have food.

b)

People sent all of their food to the soldiers

c)

People ate all the food they had

d)

People planted War Gardens and rationed food and sent it to the soldiers

12.

How did the government unite the American people behind the war effort

a)

They made propaganda posters and other things to make people help the army

b)

they made propaganda posters

c)

they made people feel guilty

d)

They made people scared

13.

How did America finance (pay for) the war

a)

They went door to door to people to sale bonds to people

b)

they sold war gardens

c)

they sold guns

d)

they sold watches

14.

What were two nicknames given to american soldiers

a)

Yanks

b)

button men

c)

doughboys

d)

sharpshooter

15.

Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Superman

c)

General John J. Pershing

d)

Batman

16.

Who was Alvin York

a)

A soldier from Tennessee

b)

Ace pilot

c)

Prisoner of War

d)

War veteran

17.

Alvin Cork was famous for?

a)

Surviving Germany

b)

Taking down the Red Baron

c)

winning the Congressional Medal of Honor

d)

Dying in a plane fight

18.

When did the war officially end?

a)

When Germany was forced to sign the Treaty

b)

When Germany was destroyed

c)

When Germany won

d)

When Germany destroyed the world

19.

Who created the ______ __ _______ and what was its purpose

a)

League of Nations

b)

United Nations

c)

To have peace over the world

d)

to destroy the world

20.

Who assassinated Franz Ferdinand?

a)

A Serbian Nationalist

b)

A Austria-Hungarian who wanted the throne

c)

A Serbian who wanted the throne

d)

A German who wanted to take the throne

21.

Who created the League of Nations?

a)

Woodrow Jackson

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Jackson Wilson

d)

Michael Wilson

e)

Woodrow Wilson

22.

How did the Treaty of Versailles hurt Germany (pick three)

a)

It had to pay for all of the land it took.

b)

It had to sell all of its land to everyone

c)

It had to destroy its army

d)

It could no longer build its army

23.

What was the poppie?

a)

A flower that helped the war veterans that got injured

b)

A flower that helped Britain get money

c)

A flower that grew during the war and helped the veterans get help.

d)

A flower that told people to start a war.

24.

What really ended the war?

a)

Germany signed the treaty of Versailles and ended its army

b)

Germany won the entire war.

c)

U.S.A. killed every german

d)

Hitler became general and killed all American he saw.