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The Great War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Heir to the Austrian throne is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Spark that caused the Great War

a)

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

b)

John Pershing

c)

Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck

d)

Tsar Nicholas

2.

Heir to the Austrian throne is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on

a)

Dec. 7, 1889

b)

Nov. 11, 1901

c)

June 28, 1914

d)

Oct. 29, 1929

3.

payments made (forced upon) the losing nation of a conflict to cover the cost of the war and punish the losers.

a)

Self Determination

b)

Reparations

c)

Resolution Payments

d)

Antwerp

4.

German plan of attack against France and the two front war: March through Belgium, defeat France, turn on Russia who would be slower to mobilize.

a)

Schffederkampf Plan

b)

Schlodendrof Plan

c)

Schlieffen Plan

d)

Schrieffer Plan

5.

German U-Boats sink British passenger ship, killing 1,198 including 128 Americans on board.

a)

Titanic

b)

Lusitania

c)

Andrea Doria

d)

The HMS Juno

6.

No man's land

a)

Germany territory given back to Russia

b)

Russian Territory lost to Germany

c)

Land behind the trenches

d)

the area between the trenches;

7.

Germany calls for alliance with Mexico to attack the USA, should the USA enter the war.

a)

Zamboni Note

b)

Zimmermann Telegram

c)

Ziegler Note

d)

Mexican Cipher

8.

The Selective Service Act or the draft/ selecting men for the armed services is known as

a)

conscription

b)

conning

c)

prescription

d)

postscription

9.

Who was NOT a Member of the Triple Alliance

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Russia

d)

Austria-Hungary

10.

the extreme belief that your country is always the best; absolute support!

a)

militarism

b)

jingoism

c)

regionalism

d)

internationalism

11.

The US policy, based on the Monroe Doctrine, enacted a policy of

a)

Isolationism

b)

Antidisestablishmentarianism

c)

Restrictionism

d)

political machine

12.

Why did Russia Drop out of the War

a)

Change of government to Communism

b)

Poor military - unable to stop the advancing Germans

c)

Soldiers abandoning the front to obtain free land

d)

All of the Above

13.

The number one killer of the Great War

a)

Gases

b)

Spanish Flu

c)

Machine guns

d)

Aerial bombings

14.

the right to chose whose nation you will be a part of or to be independent

a)

Self Awareness

b)

Self Love

c)

Self Determination

d)

Selfishness

15.

On the Eleventh Hour of the what month / day / year did the war end

a)

Nov. 11, 1918

b)

Nov. 11, 1920

c)

June 28, 1919

d)

April 2, 1917

16.

The one word that describes the fighting on the Western Front and in the Trenches in WWI is

a)

Fast-paced

b)

Lackadaisical

c)

Stalemate

d)

unimportant

17.

"The Allied and Associated Governments affirm and Germany accepts the responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and damage to which the Allied and Associated Governments and their nationals have been subjected as a consequence of the war imposed upon them by the aggression of Germany and her allies."

a)

War Creation Act

b)

Allied Contract

c)

Reparations

d)

War Guilt Clause

18.

What important nation refused to sign or failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

United States

d)

Great Britain

19.

In "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" John M. Keynes argued for / that

a)

higher reparations to be placed on Austria Hungary as well as Germany

b)

the Reparations that Germany must pay will destroy not just their economy, but that of Europe too.

c)

consolidation of the War Debt into one International fund for Germany to pay off by 1929 (10 years after the Treaty is signed)

d)

higher taxes on shipping to and from Germany will actually help trade and place the burden of payment on the German industries, not the government.

20.

Which of the following is not a goal of the Paris Peace conference?

a)

Force the League of Nations on large and small nations alike

b)

Create a lasting peace

c)

Help your own nation, gaining land, colonies, etc.

d)

Punish Germany - Weaken them so they could not rise again