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WWI pretest

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was blamed for causing WWI?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

The Ottoman Empire

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

2.

Who was importantly assassinated in 1914?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Franz Ferdinand

c)

George Clemenceau

d)

Nicholas II

3.

What are the FOUR main causes of WWI?

a)

Nationalism

b)

Militarism

c)

Industrialization

d)

Alliances

e)

Imperialism

4.

In what year did the U.S. enter WWI?

a)

1914

b)

1917

c)

1919

d)

1941

5.

What was the alliance system that Germany was part of called?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis

c)

Central Powers

6.

What was the alliance system that Britain was part of called?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Axis

c)

Central Powers

7.

What was the treaty that ended the war?

a)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Shiminoseki

d)

Treaty of Versailles

8.

What was the name of the President's plan for peace?

a)

The 14 Points

b)

Communist Manifesto

c)

A Perpetual Peace

d)

Charter to the United Nations

9.
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
10.
Imperialism is __________.
a)
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
b)
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
c)
when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
d)
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation
11.
British passenger liner sunk by  the Germans in May, 1915 which killed 1200 people including 128 Americans
a)
Maine
b)
Titanic
c)
Sussex
d)
Lusitania
12.
Where did the United States get most of the money needed to finance the war?
a)
Skip
b)
By encouraging people to buy and eat more food.
c)
By fining those who opposed the war.
d)
By selling war bonds to the American people.
13.
Formal friendship between nations are called:
a)
treaties
b)
alliances
c)
clubs
d)
democracies
14.
Militarism means....
a)
Building up armed forces and getting ready for war
b)
Having pride in your nation
c)
Trying to build an empire
d)
Agreements to help others
15.
When World War I began, the official United States policy was
a)
to enter on the side of the Allied Powers
b)
the enter on the side of the Central Powers
c)
to remain militarily and politically neutral
d)
to support the Central Powers by providing war materials
16.
Payments for war damages were known as
a)
nationalism
b)
separatism.
c)
reparations.
d)
retaliations.
17.
Who was the President of the United States during WWI?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Grover Cleveland
c)
Teddy Roosevelt
d)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
18.
An arms race is...
a)
Controlling another country
b)
Making the military stronger
c)
Pride for your country
d)
Competing to build more weapons
19.

The U.S. entered the war in 1917 because the Germans

a)

attacked Pearl Harbor.

b)

sank several U. S. passenger ships

c)

won American Idol

20.
Extreme pride in one's country and a belief in the superiority of one's own country is known as _____________. 
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliance
d)
Imperialism

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