WorksheetsWorld History Final Fall 19
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 45mins
Which is NOT a reason for imperialism?
Natural resources
New trade opportunities
International prestige
Respect freedoms of other nations
The spread of nationalism, democracy and republican ideals across Europe is a result of which Revolution?
Scientific Revolution
Industrial Revolution
The Reformation
French Revolution
Who influenced Roman culture?
Greeks
Etruscans
Europeans
Celts
A person who excels at many different and varied things is called a...
Renaissance Man
Jerk
Mr. Cowart
Da Vinci Person
What did Europeans take to Africa in order to trade for slaves?
Manufactured goods
Slaves
Sugar and tobacco
Christianity
The partial outline below describes what important historical developments?
I. ____________________
A. Growing nationalism in Europe
B. Growing militarism in Europe
C. The creation of secret alliances
The colonization of Africa and Asia
The rise of democracy
The causes of communism
The causes of WWI
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of which conflict?
World War I
The Franco-Prussian War
World War II
The Russo-Japanese War
Which of the following best describes warfare during World War I?
Naval battles between ships fighting over trade routes
Quick attacks with coordinated aircraft, artillery, and infantry
Guerrilla combatants attacking from behind trees and in cities
Soldiers digging in trenches and coming out over the top to attack
Which countries were members of the Triple Alliance, later known as the Central Powers? Pick all below options that apply.
Great Britain
France
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Which nations were apart of the Allies during WWI? Choose all that apply.
Germany
France
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Which event in World War I indicated the Schlieffen Plan had failed?
Great Britain was unable to gain control of the Dardanelles.
Germany was unable to defeat France quickly at the outset of war in 1914.
Austria-Hungary was unable to suppress nationalist rebels.
Russia was unable to suppress a communist revolution.
Which large ship was sunk by the Germans and made Americans angry and more open to fighting in WWI?
U.S. Maine
Lusitania
Titantic
Princess
Which of the following was NOT a punishment for Germany according to the Treaty of Versailles?
Give up land
Reduce their military size
Pay war reperations
Restrict its production of wheat, corn, and steel.
What is the purpose for soldiers building trenches in WWI?
It was a defensive fortification to keep them safe.
It was a place to keep dead bodies until they could be buried.
It was a shallow ditch dug near the enemy just before an attack would be made.
They were ditches used to drain water away from the wet battlefields.
What 2 battles show the futility, stupidity and mindless destruction of WWI battles?
Tannenburg and Jutland
Verdun and the Somme
Gettysburg and Antietam
Okinawa and Stalingrad
Vladimir Lenin was the leader of which Revolution in 1917?
Communist in Russia
Democratic in Germany
Fascist in Italy
Communist in the United States
What was a major consequence of the US loaning large amounts of money to the British and French during WWI?
The US eventually declared war on Germany because they thought the Allies wouldn't be able to pay them back.
The US declared war on the British and French in order to get their money back.
The US agreed to stay out of the war entirely.
The US declared war on the British when the Lusitania was sunk.
Because the German Army was exhausted and was facing large numbers of fresh American troops, what did the Germans do on Nov. 11, 1918?
They sought an armistice (an agreement to end fighting).
Vladimir Lenin was able to start a Communist Revolution against the Kaiser.
They began to sink American ships using their submarines.
They switched sides and attacked their former allies.
What disease was able to spread across the world after WWI?
The Spanish Flu
The Black Death
Smallpox
Measles
What was America's policy towards the world after World War I?
Isolationism - America withdrew from world affairs and kept to itself.
Interventionism - America made would get involved in any world dispute it felt like.
Militarism - America was determined to always have enough weapons to defend itself
Imperialism - America was determined to build an empire to rival anyone else's.
How did Germans feel about their defeat in WWI and about the restrictions put on them by the Treaty of Versailles?
Humiliated
Joyful
Defeated
Apathetic - They didn't care
