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WW1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What new things did both allied and axis powers use in the Battle of the Somme?

(Choose all that apply)

a)

Chlorine gas

b)

Flamethrowers

c)

Tanks

d)

B-25 planes

2.

What was the Schlieffen Plan?

a)

Russia is slow to mobilize, so invade Russia, at lightning speed, then take France at lightning speed and eat pfefferpotthast all day.

b)

France is slow to mobilize, so invade Russia, at lightning speed, then take France and eat pfefferpotthast all day.

3.

What does chlorine do?

a)

Fill your lungs up with water so you drown

b)

Fill up your lungs up with gas so you can't breathe

c)

Make you blind

4.

Who was in the triple Entente?

a)

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

b)

England, France and Russia

c)

China, Greenland and Iceland

d)

Germany, England and Russia

5.

Why did England join the war in the first place?

a)

They had an alliance with Belgium

b)

They didnt like Germany

c)

They wanted to prove they were the best country

d)

They wanted to fight Austria-Hungary

6.

Who where in the triple alliance?

a)

Austria-hungary, Germany and Italy

b)

England, Russia and France

c)

China, France and Spain

d)

Greenland, Iceland and Cuba

7.

What year did the war start?

a)

1914

b)

1918

c)

1913

d)

1912

8.
What was the first gas used?
a)
Chlorine Gas
b)
Mustard Gas
c)
Xylyl Bromine Gas
d)
Tear Gas
9.
What three countries used the most gas?
a)
Germany, Russia & Italy
b)
United Kingdom, Italy & Germany
c)
Germany, Britain & France 
10.
What was the most dreaded gas?
a)
Mustard Gas
b)
Chlorine Gas
11.

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

12.
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.
13.

Members of the Triple Entente were Serbia, Russia, France and

a)

Britain

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Switzerland

d)

Belgium

14.
Who was president during WWI?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Donald Trump
15.
What was the name of Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Central Powers
b)
Allies
16.

In What years did WW1 occur?

a)

1815 - 1818

b)

1914 - 1918

c)

1913 - 1917

d)

2005 - 2009

17.

Which of the following were causes of WW1?

a)

Militarism, Alliances,

b)

Imperialism, Nationalism

c)

Economics, Isolationsim

d)

Alliances, Nationalism

18.

The use of the Machine Gun in WW1 led to a stale mate which created what type of warfare?

a)

Field Ops

b)

Bench Warfare

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Suicide Squads

19.

Name of German Submarines used in WW1?

a)

Titanic

b)

Warships

c)

Uboats

d)

Cruisers

20.

What is the space between the trenches called?

a)

dead zone

b)

every man's land

c)

no man's land

d)

out of bounds

21.

At the beginning of WW1 Belgium was...

a)

a neutral country

b)

an aggressive country

c)

the most dangerous country in the world

d)

a German supporter.

22.

The United States practiced what policy at the beginning of WW1?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Imperialism

23.

This image is an example of WW1...

a)

Advertisement

b)

News Article

c)

Famous Art

d)

Propaganda

24.

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

25.

Who is this man?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Woodrow Wilson