WorksheetsGrade 8 WWI
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which was the most powerful country of the Central powers?
Germany
Bulgaria
France
Serbia
Expanding ones country into other areas to grow or gain economic wealth is called
jingoism
Communism
imperialism
militarism
Conscription or drafting began in WWI due to this law.
Sedition Act
Propaganda Act
Selective Service Act
Treaty of Versailles
Where was trench warfare located?
Germany
France
Italy
Mexico
Germany pledged its unconditional support of any action the Austro-Hungarian Empire wished to take against Serbia. This was effectively a "blank check", also known as:
Imperialism
carte blanche
treason
sabotage
The "irreconcilables", led by Senator William Borah, proposed that, by accepting President Wilson's Fourteen Points, “We [would] have forfeited and surrendered, once and for all, the great policy of ‘no entangling alliances’ upon which the strength of this Republic has been founded for 150 years.”
Which statement below best expresses this concern?
The irreconcilables feared Hitler.
The irreconcilables feared being drawn into foreign wars.
The irreconcilables did not trust Pres. Wilson
The irreconcilables disagreed with all of the 14 points.
Ethnic Slavic people in Bosnia Herzegovina wanted to rule themselves, rather than be ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. What explains this?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What was the "spark" of WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Nationalist movements in the Balkans
Imperialism in Africa
The sinking of the Lusitania
This country reluctantly signed the Treaty of Versailles and accepted blame for causing World War I.
England
France
Austria
Germany
What happened to Czar Nicholas II of Russia in 1917?
He and his family escaped to the United States
He was allowed to return to power in the role of a limited monarch.
He and his family were assassinated by the Bolsheviks to keep anyone from having a dynastic claim to rule Russia.
He moved to England to avoid being killed.
What incident finally convinced the US that war was necessary?
The sinking of the Lusitania
The decoding and publication of the Zimmermann Telegram
The end of the Schleiffen Plan
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What were the two sides of WWI?
Allied Powers & Axis Powers
Axis Powers & Central Powers
Allied Powers & Central Powers
The Western Side & The Eastern Side
What two countries began WWI?
Australia & New Zealand
Austria-Hungary & Serbia
Serbia & Turkey
The United States & France
The Lusitania was...
A German U-Boat used to attack other ships.
A US Navy ship that fought in WWI.
A cruise ship.
A British ocean liner that was bringing goods and passengers from the US to England.
What was another name that people called World War I?
The Spanish-American War
The Great War
The Central War
There was no other name that they called this war.
In 1900, the British Empire covered a fifth of the land area of the earth. This led to conflict between the major countries of Europe. Great Britain was trying to conquer Africa from Cairo (in the north) to Cape Town (in South Africa). France was trying to conquer Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. A few years later, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany wanted colonies in Africa, too. This angered other major countries and increased the tensions that led to World War I.
The desire to take over lands for one's own country is called?
nationalism.
militarism.
imperialism.
patriotism.
Which organization was created after WWI to deal with world problems, and prevent future wars?
The United Nations
The Unique Nations
The League of Nations
The National League
Before and after World War I, the United States practiced ____________________________, meaning the US didn't get involved in other countries fights.
Isolationism
Imperialism
Globalization
Conservationism
The following is a new technology used in WWI
U-Boats
Mustard Gas
Airplanes
all of the above
Who is the leader of Germany during WWI?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Otto von Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Johannes Gutenberg
What treaty is signed to end WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Geneva Convention
Paris Peace Accords
Which country leaves WWI in 1917?
Russia
United States
Austria-Hungary
Britain
Who leads the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Friedrich Engels
Who was the leader of the United States during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Nicolas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Franklin Roosevelt
Plan presented by Woodrow Wilson to reorganize Europe post-WWI
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Reparations
Peace Treaty
Kaiser Wilhelm II was largely a shadow monarch during the war, useful to his generals as a public-relations figure who toured the front lines and handed out medals. After 1916, Germany was, in effect, a military dictatorship dominated by two generals, Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) and Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937).
True
False
