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WWI and WWII

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. What is this?

a)

Trench-less warfare

b)

Fighting with horses

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Fortnite

2.

Was trench warfare dangerous? True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A state of extreme, aggressive military preparedness

a)

Alliances

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

4.

Loyalty and devotion to a nation

a)

Alliances

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

5.

The policy of forming and maintaining an empire, by establishing colonies and/or dominating the affairs of weaker nations

a)

Alliances

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

6.

A close association of nations acting together for a common objective

a)

Alliances

b)

Imperialism

c)

Militarism

d)

Nationalism

7.

What made WWI different and more deadly than previous wars?

a)

Faster Horses

b)

It was the first war ever

c)

It was a peaceful war

d)

The technology of weaponry

8.

What was the most often result of Trench Warfare?

a)

Stalemates

b)

Allied Victories

c)

Very few deaths in no mans land

d)

Taking over the other trench

9.

Name the WWII Cause: Germany lost territory, was forced to pay huge reparations (payments by a defeated country for the destruction it caused in a war), was forced to take responsibility for the war through the War Guilt clause. Germany suffered from economic problems like inflation and unemployment and Germany was often unable to meet reparation payments. These problems left many Germans angry

a)

Great Depression and the rise of Dictatorships

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Appeasement

d)

Invasion of Poland

10.

Name the WW2 cause: Small nations soon learned that they could not expect protection and that aggressive totalitarian states could act without consequence. Second the inability to act and their slowness made the League appear incompetent, scared and ineffective.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Treaty of Versailes

c)

Failure of the League of Nations

d)

Invasion of Poland

11.

Name the WWII cause: European governments seemed unable to handle the crisis. The traditional approaches to handling economic crises seemed to only cause more problems. With the current governments unable to ease the pain and suffering of unemployment and inflation, Europeans were drawn to totalitarian leaders who promised economic recovery.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Great Depression and Rise of Dictatorships

d)

Failure of League of Nations

12.

Name the WWII Cause: the policy of giving aggressive or enemy nations what they want in order to avoid conflict.

a)

Appeasement

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Invasion of Poland

d)

Failure of League of nations

13.

Name the WWII cause: German forces invaded. Only two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany and World War II officially began

a)

Appeasement

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Rise of dictatorships

d)

Invasion of Poland

14.

What did the Treaty of Versailles impose on Germany? (More than one answer)

a)

To take blame for the war

b)

Pay Reparations for the damages

c)

Had to give up their government

d)

Reduce their Military

e)

Take away their territories

15.

How was warfare in WWII different from WWI?

a)

WW2 had less deaths

b)

WW1 had better technology

c)

WW2 had better technology and more deaths

d)

WW1 had better technology and more deaths

16.

What word means, the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

a)

Holocaust

b)

Genocide

c)

WW2

d)

Trench Warfare

17.

What was the name for the genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, systematically murdered some six million European Jews

a)

WW1

b)

Appeasement

c)

Holocaust

d)

Militarism

18.

Why did Japan Surrender in August 1945?

a)

The Russians took over Berlin

b)

The United States gave up

c)

Germany invaded japan and forced them to surrender

d)

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan

19.

"Thankfully, I survived. But since that day, mysterious scabs began to form all over my body. I lost hearing in my left ear, probably due to the air blast. More than a decade after the bombing, my mother began to notice glass shards growing out of her skin – debris from the day of the bombing, presumably. My younger sister suffers from chronic muscle cramps to this day, on top of kidney issues that has her on dialysis three times a week. ‘What did I do to the Americans?’ she would often say, ‘Why did they do this to me?’" This primary source is describing the effects of what event?

a)

The attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

The dropping of the Atomic bomb

c)

The explosion of Hitlers bunker

d)

The Battle of Iwo Jima

20.

Post-WWII left tensions between....

a)

Germany and Japan

b)

The Allied powers (U.S. GB & France) and Russia

c)

Germany and Canada

d)

U.S. and Mexico