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WorksheetsWorld War I
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Glorification of the military; the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
A union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories. Generally in order to obtain a territories natural resource.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its own economy.
Extractive Economies
Isolationism
Propaganda
Internationalists
An amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.
Surplus
Social Darwinism
Neutrality
Interventionists
The belief held by some in the late nineteenth century that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over them.
Social Darwinism
Manifest Destiny
Neutrality
Isolationism
19th century doctrine that westward expansion of the United States was not only inevitable but a God-given right.
Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism
Isolationism
Neutrality
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Isolationism
Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism
Neutrality
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
Natural Resources
Propaganda
Surplus
Trenches
A long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
Trenches
Propaganda
Neutrality
Surplus
The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
Neutrality
Isolationism
Social Darwinism
Manifest Destiny
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Propaganda
Natural Resources
Surplus
Trenches
Americans who believed that the war was none of America’s business and that the nation should isolate themselves from the hostilities.
Isolationists
Interventionists
Internationalists
Americans that felt that the war did not affect American interests that the United States should intervene in the conflict on the side of the Allies.
Interventionists
Isolationists
Internationalists
Americans who believes that the US should play an active role in world affairs and work toward achieving peace but not enter the war.
Internationalists
Interventionists
Isolationists
Expanded the size of the military.
National Defense Act
Naval Construction Act
Ordered the building of more warships.
Naval Construction Act
National Defense Act
When were nations racing to extend their influence across much of the world?
Mid 1800s-early 1900s
Mid 1700s-early 1800s
Mid 1600s-early 1700s
None of these
What were European countries and Japan looking for in territories?
Areas that could provide tea, rubber, iron, petroleum, and other materials for their industries at home.
Extractive economies
A colony where they could remove raw materials and ship them back home to benefit their own economy.
All of these.
Why was the United States not worried about finding extractive economies in the 1800s?
While most countries were having a shortage of materials, the United States was experiencing a surplus.
International relations were strained.
They were busy fighting in World War I.
All of these.
Why was it bad that the United States was experiencing a surplus?
The US was producing more than it could consume
Farmers complained that a surplus dropped both prices and profits
Industrialists were pushing to trade in other markers where their products would be put to use, which would lead to American factories closing and unemployment rising.
All of these.
What did imperialist nations have to build in order to protect their world interests?
Large navies.
Large standing armies.
Large air force.
All of these.
What did the United States do following the ideas of Alfred T. Manahan?
Built a large modernized fleet with new steel-plated battleships, which became the largest navy in the world.
Built a large modernized fleet with new ammunition packing airplanes, which then became the largest air force in the world.
Built a large standing army with new technologies that would help the United States become the most feared and advanced army in the world.
None of these.
What ideas did imperialists used in order to justify their imperialism?
Racial superiority
National superiority
Cultural superiority
All of these
What three Pacific island countries did Matthew Perry make contact with?
Japan, Hawaii, and Midway
Japan, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Midway
Japan, Puerto Rico, and Midway
What state did William Seward buy from Russia? How much did he pay?
Alaska, and he paid $7.2 million
Hawaii, and he paid $9.3 million
Montana, and he paid $2.4 million
None of these.
What island did missionaries establish Christian churches and schools on?
Hawaii
Japan
Midway
Puerto Rico
What was the final event that caused WWI to start?
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Zimmerman Note
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Why was President Wilson asking the American public to remain neutral and impartial?
America was ⅓ immigrants from countries that were being directly affected by the war, and he didn’t want to split the country.
War also takes a toll on finances and the people (lives).
The war was far from American shores, and didn’t have any direct impact on the United States.
All of these.
What TWO things possibly swayed American opinion on the war?
The German invasion of neutral Belgium
British propaganda.
Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor
German concentration camps
What was the British navy doing to the German army?
Blockading the German harbor
Creating U-boats and using them to attack Allied ships
Ruthlessly attacking the German shoreline with their battleships
All of these
What did the Germans do to retaliate against the British navy?
Created U-boats and started using them to attack ships.
Blockade the British harbor
Bombard British cities at night with airplanes
All of these.
What event took place that originally got the Americans involved in the conflict?
German U-boats sinking the Lusitania, which was a passenger ship that had American passengers aboard
Germany sending the Zimmerman note to Mexico, asking them to attack the US
The German invasion of neutral Belgium
None of these
Why did Wilson have to sign the National Defense Act and Naval Construction Act?
Because the Germans went back on their word and returned to restricted submarine warfare when they destroyed a French passenger ship
He had to respond to German attacks in order to keep his word
In order to satisfy the American people who were calling for action
All of these
What was Wilson’s campaign slogan during the 1916 presidential race?
“He kept us out of the war.”
“He got us in the war.”
“He got us out of the war.”
“He kept us in the war.”
What was the Zimmerman Note?
A telegram that Germany sent to Mexico
Germany asking Mexico to declare war on the US.
The Germans promised that Mexico would get back Texas, New Mexico and Arizona following the German victory.
All of these.
What happened at the Paris Peace Conference?
The Allies met to decide what should happen to Germany following the war.
President Wilson’s addressed his Fourteen Points and they were ignored
The League of Nations was created, but the US did not join
All of these
Why was the United States now known as a “Sleeping Giant?”
The US was now the richest country in the entire world.
The US became the largest creditor nation in the world.
The US became the most industrialized country in the world.
All of these.
