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World War 1

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A belief that a country should have a strong military and use it.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Militarism

2.

Which event started World War 1?

a)

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

b)

Germany attacking Belgium

c)

Russian support of Serbia

d)

The sinking of the Lusitania

3.

Which continent did World War 1 mostly take place on?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

4.

Which of the following are causes of World War 1?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Alliances

d)

All of these

5.

The United States joined World War 1 in. . .

a)

1914

b)

1915

c)

1916

d)

1917

6.
World War 1 officially began in 
a)
1914
b)
1915
c)
1916
d)
1917
7.

Which country was part of the Central Powers?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

Belgium

d)

Austria-Hungary

8.

Which of the following is NOT a member of the Allied Powers?

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

USA

d)

Germany

9.
The two opposing sides in World War 1 
a)
Axis and Allies
b)
Central and Allied
c)
East and West
d)
Good and Bad
10.

What is an alliance?

a)

An agreement between nations to fight and protect each other.

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.

11.

Which of the following is NOT part of the Central Powers?

a)

Ottoman Empire

b)

Austria Hungary

c)

France

d)

Germany

12.

What does the Treaty of Versailles have to do with WW1?

a)

it let Germany defeat France

b)

It let Britain invade the United States

c)

It decided how to punish Germany after the war

d)

It was a way to allow countries to fight fair.

13.

What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?

a)

No Man's Land

b)

danger zone

c)

ground zero

14.

Which country is NOT one of the Allied Powers?

a)

Germany

b)

Great Britain

c)

USA

d)

France

15.

Which new technology led to trench warfare?

a)

machine guns

b)

chemical warfare

c)

zeppelins

d)

unrestricted submarine warfare

16.

World War 1 was also known as the: (choose 2)

a)

The War to End All Wars

b)

The War between the states

c)

The Great War

17.

Which countries were NOT Allied Powers in World War 1?

a)

Germany and Italy

b)

the United States and France

c)

Britain and France

d)

Germany and Austria-Hungary

18.

Militarism means....

a)

Building up the military

b)

Having pride in your nation

c)

Trying to build an empire

d)

Agreements to help others

19.

At the beginning of WWI, the U.S. was neutral, which means

a)

They did not choose sides.

b)

They helped France in Europe.

c)

They gave both sides money.

d)

Both B and C

20.
Most of the fighting in Europe took place in...
a)
muddy trenches
b)
the air
c)
deserts
d)
the lunch room
21.

The U.S. sent thousands of troops to France in 1918. This was a major cause of victory for the Allied Powers. The ____________surrendered and signed a treaty at the Palace of Versailles.

a)

Germans

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Americans

22.

Having pride in your country is known as __________.

a)

militarism

b)

nationalism

c)

imperalism

d)

alliances

23.
Which of these is a type of fighting used in World War One?
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Atomic Bomb
c)
Guerilla Warfare
d)
No-Man's Land
24.

Which countries were part of the Allied Powers? Choose two.

a)

Germany

b)

United States

c)

France

d)

Ottoman Empire

25.

What is a World War?

a)

When America and Germany go to war

b)

Two country's go to war

c)

When earth go's to war with another planet

d)

A war involving many large nations in all different parts of the world.

26.

What were the causes of WW1?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

e)

All of the Above

27.

World War 1 started with the assassination of which leader?

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

d)

William Pershing

28.

Who was the German Emperor during World War I?

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Heinz Ward

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

29.

The M in MANIA stands for...

a)

money

b)

militarism

c)

manuevers

d)

malnutrition

30.

The A in MANIA stands for...

a)

Alliances and Assassination

b)

Archey and Jughead

c)

Assassination and Anarchy

d)

Assimilation and Agression

31.

What was the name given to the air-to-air combat between pilots?

a)

"Dogfights"

b)

"Catfights"

c)

"Air Twisting"

d)

"Air Bending"

32.

The Central Powers included...

a)

Germany, Russia and Ottoman Empire

b)

Germany, Spain, and Austria- Hungary

c)

Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire

d)

Russia, Germany, Latvia and Estonia

33.

The name used to describe the land between the trenches.

a)

Oliver's Zone

b)

The Bloody Place

c)

No Man's Land

d)

Death Land

34.

What were 2 main reasons the United States ended its policy of isolation and entered World War I?

a)

fall of the Ottoman and Russian Empires

b)

Japanese invasion and conquest of Manchuria

c)

spies and guns

d)

Zimmerman Telegram and sinking the Lusitania

35.

This photograph showing two men in a trench is most likely from what war?

a)

World War II

b)

World War I

c)

30 Years War

d)

Vietnam War

36.

Which of the following is associated with World War I?

a)

Laser guns and Space rays

b)

Trench Warfare

c)

Magic

d)

Swords and Shields

37.
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915. 128 Americans died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, helping the move towards entering the war.
a)
Lusitania
b)
Maine
c)
Wilson
d)
America
38.
German submarines
a)
U-boats
b)
USS Maine
c)
Artillery
39.

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to give money to the Allies to pay for the war. Which word means paying money for doing wrong?

a)

reparations

b)

repatriation

c)

loans

40.

What is this a picture of?

a)

a U-boat

b)

the Lusitania

c)

a battleship

d)

an aircraft carrier

41.

Which is NOT a reason American entered WWI?

a)

Zimmerman Telegram

b)

Sinking of the Lusitania

c)

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

42.

Agreement to end fighting in a war

a)

U-boat

b)

propaganda

c)

armistice

d)

alliance system

43.

Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

a)

Vlafio Tinevalen

b)

Buster Keaton

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Klow Kreak Knights

44.

Who was Gavrilo Princip?

a)

King of Germany

b)

Prime Minister of Britain

c)

Czar of Russia

d)

man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand

45.

In which year was Francis Ferdinand and his wife murdered?

a)

1914

b)

1915

c)

1916

d)

1917

46.

Who was the President of the United States during World War 1?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

47.

On May 7, 1915, a German u-boat, U-20, torpedoed and sank which ship?

a)

the Maine

b)

The Titanic

c)

The Lusitania

d)

The Queen Mary

48.

What was the Zimmermann Telegram?

a)

A British blockade of German ports

b)

Wilson's speech about keeping the US out of the war.

c)

A message from Germany to Mexico asking it to attack the U.S.

d)

a note left behind by a Serbian Nationalist in Austria-Hungary

49.

Germany had to pay billions of dollars in war damages.

a)

nationalism

b)

separatism.

c)

reparations.

d)

retaliations.

50.

Which of the following did armies use for the first time during World War I?

a)

submarines and tanks

b)

horses and tanks

c)

trains and cars

d)

horses and submarines

51.

Which treaty officially ended World War I and punished Germany?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Armistice of Versailles

d)

The Treaty of World Powers

52.
World War 1 took place between what years?
a)
1939 - 1945
b)
1915 - 1920
c)
1914 - 1918
d)
1899 - 1914
53.

Which of the following angered Germany the most and led to World War 2?

a)

American opposition to the League of Nations

b)

Germany felt the Treaty of Versailles was unfair

c)

Austria was not happy about being split up into smaller nations

d)

Germany's hatred of Russia after Russia invaded Germany

54.

Who is NOT part of the Big Three?

a)

David Lloyd George from Great Britain

b)

Georges Clemenceau from France

c)

Benito Mussolini from Italy

d)

Woodrow Wilson from the United States

55.

Which of these was NOT a problem for men in the trenches of WW1?

a)

Rats

b)

Lice

c)

Trench Foot

d)

Snakes

56.

The United States entering the war in 1917 helped the Allies defeat Germany.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28, 1914, and the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919.

a)

True

b)

False

58.

Which of the Big Three wanted to punish Germany the most?

a)

Georges Clemenceau (France)

b)

Woodrow Wilson (USA)

c)

David Lloyd George (Britain)

d)

Nicholas II (Russia)

59.

Germany was invited to the Paris Peace Conference to help write the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

60.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany had to give up a lot of territory

b)

Germany had to pay a lot of money in reparations

c)

Germany couldn't have any submarines

d)

Germany had to open 5 new banks

61.

Which one of the big three wanted to "go easy" on Germany after the war ended.

a)

David Lloyd George

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Georges Clemenceau

d)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

62.

How did the United States find out about the Zimmermann Telegram?

a)

The British intercepted it and showed it to the US.

b)

The Germans printed it in the newspapers.

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm told King George who told Woodrow Wilson

d)

The US never found out about the telegram.

63.

Which states did Germany promise to give to Mexico in the Zimmermann Telegram?

a)

Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee

b)

Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina

c)

Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona

d)

Hawaii, Alaska, and Maine

64.
Where did the Allied Powers meet to create a treaty at the end of WWI?
a)

Berlin, Germany

b)

Palace of Versailles

c)

Congress of Vienna

d)

the United States

65.
Who had to take full blame for WWI in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Britain
b)
Ottoman Empire
c)
Germany
d)
Russia
66.

How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

They loved it because it helped them so much.

b)

They hated it. They felt it was unfair.

c)

Most Germans didn't really care

67.
What was the "War Guilt Clause" in the treaty?
a)
Germany had to accept responsibility for starting the war
b)
German leaders would go to jail for their actions during the war
c)
Germany had to pay the United States and Russia
d)
France gave Germany money to reduce its military strength
68.

President Woodrow Wilson wanted peace, but the rest of the "Big Three" wanted to punish ____________.

a)

Austria-Hungry

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

The Ottoman Empire

69.
When a nation reduces its armed forces and are not allowed to acquire weapons
a)
reparations
b)
demilitarization
c)
self-determination
70.

The part of the Treaty of Versailles that said the war was "all Germany's fault."

a)

War Guilt Clause

b)

We did it Clause

c)

Blame us Clause

71.

Which of the following were big problems for men in the trenches of WW1? Choose 3.

a)

rats

b)

lice

c)

trench foot

d)

soap