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WorksheetsWWI-2
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
M.A.I.N. is a way to remember the causes of war. The "A" stands for...
a)
armistance
b)
armany
c)
alliances
d)
Aryan Brotherhood
2.
The Allies and Central Powers are examples of which MAIN cause?
a)
Alliances
b)
Nationalism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Militarism
3.
Who was assassinated that led to the beginning of WWI?
a)
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Arch Duke Joseph Ferdinand
c)
Arch Duke Franz Joseph
d)
Arch Duke Ferdinand Joseph
4.
Many European countries began taking over less powerful countries and taking the natural resources. This caused competition between the European countries as they each tried to build their empires bigger and bigger. Which WW1 cause would this fall under?
a)
Militarism
b)
Alliances
c)
Imperialism
d)
Nationalism
5.
Who were the Allies ?
a)
France, Russia, Britain
b)
France, Germany, Austria
c)
Austria, Germany, Ottoman Empire
d)
Belgium, Germany, France
6.
What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?
a)
The Zimmerman Telegram
b)
The Outlandish Letter
c)
The Surprising Phone Call
7.
This word means strengthening a country's military; it's a cause of World War I.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Militarism
c)
Alliances
d)
Imperialism
8.
What caused the U.S. and German relations to deteriorate in 1915?
a)
German invasion of Belgium
b)
German blockade
c)
Sinking of the Lusitania
d)
German embargo on U.S. goods
9.
Which weapon was used to fire a large amount of bullets very quickly?
a)
machine gun
b)
tank
c)
long range artillery
d)
airplane
10.
Which of the following was not a new weapon/technology during WWI?
a)
airplanes
b)
machine guns
c)
atomic bomb
d)
poison gas
11.
Which weapon was used to launch torpedoes from under the water?
a)
long range artillery
b)
submarine
c)
depth charge
d)
machine gun
12.
Which weapon was used to bomb enemy trenches from a far distance?
a)
submarine
b)
long range artillery
c)
tank
d)
machine gun
13.
The most used fighting style in Europe during WWI was:
a)
Naval battles
b)
traditional calvaries
c)
Air Raids
d)
trench warfare
14.
Conscription is:
a)
Mandatory military service for capable men between a certain age
b)
The German strategy to beat the Russian troops
c)
The name of the US ship torpeodoed by the Germans
d)
The name of the battle fought in France
15.
What is this illustration an example of?
a)
Rationing
b)
Propaganda
c)
Fascism
d)
Comic
16.
What is the concept of using all tools, machines , people and ideas to fight a war?
a)
Blitzkrieg
b)
Trench War
c)
Stalemate
d)
Total War
17.
What was the land between the trenches called?
a)
Over the Top
b)
No Man's Land
c)
Flanders Fields
d)
The Marne
18.
Using the media to put forward your country's ideas about the enemy whether true or not is called.....
a)
Freedom of the Press
b)
Sedition
c)
Propaganda
d)
Rationing
19.
Using the image, who was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia?
a)
Lenin
b)
Stalin
c)
Kerensky
d)
Nicholas II
20.
What program did Stalin implement to increase the output of oil, coal, steel and electricity?
a)
collective farming
b)
Five Year Plan
c)
command economy
d)
Great Purge
21.
Which one of the events listed below identifies the campaign of terror that Josef Stalin implemented against other Communist Party leaders during the mid-1930s?
a)
A. New Economic Policy
b)
B. Bloody Sunday
c)
C. collectivization
d)
D. the Great Purge
22.
Who was this "mad monk" who held power over the Czar's family due to his reputation as a holy healer?
a)
Rasputin
b)
Robespierre
c)
Roland
d)
Radomir
23.
What party controlled the government in Russia after the revolution?
a)
Democratic
b)
Facist
c)
Communist
d)
Provisional
24.
What group of people led the Russian Revolution and Why?
a)
Catholic priest who protested against the lack of freedom of religion
b)
Bourgeoisie were upset at the increased regulations
c)
Nationalists revolted against totalitarianism
d)
Proletariat protested against unfair working conditions
25.
Which event best replaces the question mark in this sequence?
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
• ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
• ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
a)
A. Vladimir Lenin returned to lead the Russian Revolution
b)
B. Leon Trotsky escaped Russia for exile in Mexico
c)
C. The Russian government adopted the New Economic Policy
d)
D. The Red Army won the Russian Civil War
26.
How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
They were ok with it because they realized that they lost the war
b)
They loved it because it was so favorable to them
c)
They hated it because it treated them severely
d)
Most Germans didn't really care
27.
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
28.
What are reparations?
a)
Payments Germany was forced to pay
b)
Repairs and improvements made to Germany
c)
Money that France would donate to Germany to help rebuild
d)
Payments that Russia would give to the Ottoman Empire
29.
Which of the following did NOT happen because of the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Germany gave up territory in Europe
b)
Germany gave up overseas colonies
c)
The Russian government became Communist
d)
The German military strength was significantly reduced
30.
What happened to Germany's overseas empire?
a)
Germany's colonies became mandates controlled by the League of Nations
b)
The Big Three shared out Germany's colonies between themselves
c)
Germany was allowed to keep a couple of small countries
d)
Germany was stripped of all her colonies
31.
Who was the President at the time of the first World War?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Teddy Roosevelt
c)
Calvin Coolige
d)
John F. Kennedy
32.
What action on November 11, 1918 brought the fighting of World War I to an end?
a)
an armistice was signed
b)
the Allied powers surrendered
c)
a propaganda campaign was waged
d)
the Allied Powers won a major battle
33.
The "Big Four" refers to
a)
the four empires that were destroyed during the war: Ottoman, German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian.
b)
the four major leaders at the Paris Peace Conference: Wilson, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando.
c)
the last four major German offensives of the war.
d)
the four major Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
34.
Who won WWI?
a)
Allied powers
b)
Central Powers
35.
One of the first countries to come to the defense of Serbia was:
a)
Germany
b)
Russia
c)
Britain.
d)
France
36.
Why did the US Congress refuse to join the League of Nations?
a)
They feared Hitler.
b)
They feared being drawn into foreign wars.
c)
Their distrust of Pres. Wilson
d)
They disagreed with all of the 14 points.
37.
Because militarism had been a major cause of the war, the framers of the Treaty of Versailles
a)
made Germany pay reparations.
b)
stripped Germany of its colonies.
c)
forced Germany to sign a war-guilt clause
d)
limited Germany's military
38.
After the armistice, what was the meeting to discuss the terms of peace in Europe called?
a)
Paris Peace Conference
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
German Peace Conference
d)
War Provisions Meeting
39.
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the war?
a)
Weapons were mass produced.
b)
Weapons were less destructive.
c)
The Industrial Revolution had no impact on the war.
40.
Which of the following was NOT a new weapon used during WWI?
a)
Flame Thrower
b)
Cannon Balls
c)
Machine Guns
d)
Airplanes
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