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WW1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did the war start?

a)

1914

b)

1918

c)

1913

d)

1912

2.

The cause that started WW1 was the death of who?

a)

Prince Henry of Whales

b)

Archbishop Lorenzo

c)

Princess Sophia

d)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

3.
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.
4.
Who started  WW1?
a)
Germany
b)
Usa
5.

An alliance is a strong friendship and agreement to defend between nations

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What kind of new weapons were used during the war?

a)

poison gas

b)

swords

c)

submarines

d)

horses

e)

tanks

7.
This is where soldiers fought from during WW1.  They ate here, slept here, and some even died here.  These were dug for safty.
a)
Trenches
b)
No man's Land
c)
Ditches
d)
Tunnels
8.
The area outside of the trenches is called ___________.  This is a very dangerous place.
a)
Fighting ground
b)
Trenches
c)
No Man's Land
d)
No Peace Pasture
9.
British steamship that was torpedoed and sank by German submarines; more than 100 U.S. citizen died.
a)
Lusitania
b)
Titanic
c)
May Flower 
10.

In What years did WW1 occur?

a)

1815 - 1818

b)

1914 - 1918

c)

1913 - 1917

d)

2005 - 2009

11.

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

12.

Which was NOT one of the things promised by the Bolshevik party during the Russian Revolution?

a)

Land

b)

Money

c)

Peace

d)

Bread

13.
What was the goal of the League of Nations?
a)
to redraw boundaries
b)
to punish Germany
c)
to spread capitalism
d)
to preserve peace
14.

Who was America's president during WWI?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

George Washington

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

15.

What was civilian life like during the war?

a)

Great, they weren't the ones fighting

b)

Eh it wasn't good or bad

c)

It was bad, there were food shortages, and loss of family members

d)

None of the above

16.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
Armistice
b)
Lusitania
c)
Nationalism
d)
Rationing